[IP] more on Google and 'neutrality' hypocrisy
Begin forwarded message:
From: Pamela Jones <pjgrok@xxxxxxx>
Date: June 22, 2006 11:07:46 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Google and 'neutrality' hypocrisy
Google doesn't do that. They accept money for AdWords Ads that show
on a page, on the right side of the page, as you can see here, http://
www.google.com/ads/ , but you don't get a higher placement in the
search results.
Dave,
Here's a fascinating proposal from Congress on "discriminatory"
behavior at Google. The proposal states that search engines can
not provide preferential treatment (higher listing locations) for
companies that pay them ad fees. Does this sound like any other
proposed business models or regulatory battles we know about? Net
neutrality ring a bell?
Basically, the proposal, intentionally I believe, draws an analogy
between the business models of Google and Yahoo! with the proposed
models from the service providers which would like to charge for
premium treatment (access, ranking in search, etc.). What's
particularly amusing about this is Google is now in a rather
awkward position... Arguing that service providers can not provide
preferred treatment while Google can. Very creative, and I would
guess that the idea was planted by a telco lobbyist.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6346096.html
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