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Gauging Google's Gaffes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hire-a-demon-to-beat-back-hell dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has a piece looking at some of the recent faux pas of Google and what implications they might have. The articles's conclusion: They should hire a chief marketing officer to avoid such gaffes. From the article: 'Recent missteps that have whipsawed or irked investors include the inadvertent release of sales projections and an agreement to censor its own search results in China. Then on Mar. 8, Google used a vaguely worded blog on its site to disclose a settlement of as much as $90 million in a case concerning click fraud. That came days after the company said the case was without merit and told investors the impact of click fraud on advertisers is immaterial.'"

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  1. Search took... by master_gopher · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...0.07 seconds, + another 20 while we took out the ones you weren't supposed to know that we just found for you.

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  2. In other news... by LandownEyes · · Score: 5, Funny

    businessweek.com now has a PageRank of 0.

  3. I'm to blame by vinn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Years ago I realized I had terrible luck with stocks. I learned all kinds of stuff like P/E ratios, etc, etc. But more than anything, I just had bad luck. Well, it's been quite a few years since I've invested directly in a stock. I had some cash laying around in a money market and decided it was time to bite the bullet and buy some Google stock - mostly because I really believe in what they do. Well, that was when the stock was at $390 (60x earnings... ow) Therefore I'm certain you can all blame me for the recent performance.

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  4. Oh, a "Google done bad" story. by CosmeticLobotamy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great. It's been a while since I read 750 comments with the words "don't be evil."