UPDATED:So Much For Free Speech: Google Shuts Down Anti-Obama Sites on its Blogger Platform UPDATE: Google Redux: Amer. Spectator ‘Site May Harm Your Computer’

Warner Todd Huston has the story about Google shutting down any blog on the Google owned Blogspot.com blogging system that has an anti-Obama message.   Take a look at the Philosophy of Google:

“The perfect search engine,” says Google co-founder Larry Page, “would understand exactly what you mean and give back exactly what you want.” Given the state of search technology today, that’s a far-reaching vision requiring research, development and innovation to realize. Google is committed to blazing that trail. Though acknowledged as the world’s leading search technology company, Google’s goal is to provide a much higher level of service to all those who seek information, whether they’re at a desk in Boston, driving through Bonn, or strolling in Bangkok.

4. Democracy on the web works.(Unless you don’t like Obama)

 

Google works because it relies on the millions of individuals posting websites to determine which other sites offer content of value. Instead of relying on a group of editors or solely on the frequency with which certain terms appear, Google ranks every web page using a breakthrough technique called PageRank™. PageRank evaluates all of the sites linking to a web page and assigns them a value, based in part on the sites linking to them. By analyzing the full structure of the web, Google is able to determine which sites have been “voted” the best sources of information by those most interested in the information they offer. This technique actually improves as the web gets bigger, as each new site is another point of information and another vote to be counted.
7. There’s always more information out there.

 

Once Google had indexed more of the HTML pages on the Internet than any other search service, our engineers turned their attention to information that was not as readily accessible. Sometimes it was just a matter of integrating new databases, such as adding a phone number and address lookup and a business directory. Other efforts required a bit more creativity, like adding the ability to search billions of images and a way to view pages that were originally created as PDF files. The popularity of PDF results led us to expand the list of file types searched to include documents produced in a dozen formats such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. For wireless users, Google developed a unique way to translate HTML formatted files into a format that could be read by mobile devices. The list is not likely to end there as Google’s researchers continue looking into ways to bring all the world’s information to users seeking answers.

It is time to send Google a message.  Here is the contact information:

Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: +1 650-253-0000
Fax: +1 650-253-0001

Google Ann Arbor
112 S. Main St.
2nd Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: +1 734-332-6500
Fax: +1 734-332-6501

Google Atlanta
Millennium at Midtown
10 10th Street NE
Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: +1 404-487-9000
Fax: +1 404-487-9001

Google Austin
Plaza 7000
7000 North MoPac Expressway, 2nd Floor
Austin, TX 78731

Google Boulder
2590 Pearl Street
Suite 100
Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: +1 303-245-0086
Fax: +1 303-535-5592

Google Cambridge
5 Cambridge Center, Floors 3-6
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: +1 617-575-1300
Fax: +1 617-575-1301

Google Chicago
20 West Kinzie St.
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: +1 312-840-4100
Fax: +1 312-840-4101

Google Coppell
701 Canyon Drive
Suite 120
Coppell, TX 75019
Phone: +1 214-451-4000
Fax: +1 214-451-4001

Google Dallas
The Centrum
3102 Oak Lawn
Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75219
Phone: +1 214-559-5400
Fax: +1 214-559-5401

Google Denver
4600 S. Syracuse St.
8th Floor
Denver, CO 80237
Phone: +1 303-524-1123
Fax: +1 303-265-9912

Google Detroit
114 Willits Street
Birmingham, MI 48009
Phone: +1 248-593-4000
Fax: +1 248-593-4001

Google Irvine
19540 Jamboree Road
2nd Floor
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone: +1 949-794-1600
Fax: +1 949-794-1601

Google Kirkland
Central Way Plaza
720 4th Avenue, Ste 400
Kirkland, WA 98033
Phone: +1 425-739-5600
Fax: +1 425-739-5601

Google New York
76 Ninth Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Phone: +1 212-565-0000
Fax: +1 212-565-0001

Google Phoenix
1551 S. Rural Road, 2nd floor
Tempe, AZ 85281
Phone: +1 480-384-1000
Fax: +1 480-384-1001

Google Pittsburgh
Google Inc.
Collaborative Innovation Center
4720 Forbes Avenue
Lower Level
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 297-5400
Fax: (412) 297-5401

Google San Francisco
345 Spear Street
4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: +1 415-736-0000

Google Santa Monica
604 Arizona Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: +1 310-460-4000
Fax: +1 310-309-6840

Google Seattle
Evanston Building
501 N. 34th Street, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: +1 206-876-1500
Fax: +1 206-876-1501

Google Seattle
651 N. 34th St.
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: +1 206-876-1800
Fax: +1 206-876-1701

Google Washington DC
1101 New York Avenue, N.W.
Second Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-346-1100

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UPDATE: Noel has this must read:  Google Redux: Amer. Spectator ‘Site May Harm Your Computer’