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Google's Continued Growing Pains

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the big-is-apparently-evil dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Mercury News is reporting that Google's 500 percent growth since its IPO hasn't come without a cost. With the purchase of DoubleClick, Google is facing antitrust charges in both the United States and the European Union. And with their rising success, there are open source alternatives springing up."

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  1. no login needed version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Somewhat ironically you can read this without a login required here:
    http://google.com/search?q=cache:www.mercurynews.c om/business/ci_6662571

  2. Big is evil? by Epsillon · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, SM, not big, just cookies that don't expire until 2038 and profiling users might be just a little naughty. An anonymising proxy based search plugin may well be the answer for Firefox users. Those without Firefox can still make use of Blackboxsearch - at least until something a little more ethical (than BlackBox or Google) appears.

    FWIW, BlackBox is also slightly naughty. It's using Google's search technology without giving anything back. The disparity between getting a few links and giving up your right not to be profiled makes it the lesser of two evils, though.

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  3. Re:So how did this article end up on here, anyway? by mybadluck22 · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.google.com/mars/

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