Mr. Brown’s — Can we trust Google? –

Can we trust that Google will stay true to its company slogan “Do no evil”? The goog is making a lot of big moves in world privacy standards and open band communications which in turn benefits the user, but even more so will benefit Google. Google is the position as the world’s largest advertising company, and they know everything we choose to tell them about ourselves. Gmail gives relevant ads to words you have typed or received, search and browsing history goes even further to narrow down your specific interests, and if you participate in Google checkout, they have your credit card number. This centralization of information is creating a net life that becomes more relevant and useful. Should we be worried about the power we have gave Google and its magic algorithms? Maybe, but then try using something other than Google as a search engine for 24 hours— while possible, impractical at this point in time. So how do we know Google will stay true to its stated mantra? One word-Porn.

Mr. White and I are starting a web 2.0 business venture, or adventure as it were. I have signed up for Google ad sense as it is the most practical ad model that will be beneficial to our users. In reading the terms of use policy, a section sang out to me that alleviated any concerns about the question of Google becoming evil. If you run a site that has pornography on it, Google ad sense is not a service available to you. Ok, so Google will point you in the direction of the next bukake gang-bang up-start if you search for it, but once you get to said spunk filled site, you won’t find any relevant ads for; dildos, condoms, or Windex. Do you see where I am going here? Google is denying its self ad revenue from the number one use of the internet, pornography.

This is a company that has put up 60 million dollar cash for a moon race X-prize, is bidding on public air wave bands in the U.S. and the U.K., and is reported to have over 200 billion dollars in research and development money. Imagine the ass load of zeroes Google would have behind its 1 if they suddenly did start advertising for the pornography industry. The day that happens, is the day we can truly say Google has gone evil.