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. Â 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 PageRankâ„¢. 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:Â Google Redux: Amer. Spectator ‘Site May Harm Your Computer’
June 29, 2008 - 06:49 PM on June 29th, 2008
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June 29, 2008 - 07:10 PM on June 29th, 2008
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June 29, 2008 - 07:29 PM on June 29th, 2008
…or its a cool way to promote your blog by getting a lot of people to click on it. Playing the victim sometimes work, just ask Mrs. Clinton.
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June 29, 2008 - 08:16 PM on June 29th, 2008
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June 29, 2008 - 08:33 PM on June 29th, 2008
What a crock. Just another hypocrite in the over all scheme of things.
What if, Obama looked Arab due to the fact that is what he is, and not Black, do you think he would have been elected?? HELL NO! If Obama should, but he won’t, travel to Iraq and Iran until after the election because he doesn’t want all the Americans to see the Iraque’s and Iranian’s fall down and worship him, kiss his feet and anoint him with oil. In due season, this will occur. Now back to Google, the enemy. Piss ants!
Look up PUMA (party unity my ass) and Democrats Against Obama. Cool! These are angry women, among other things, Hell hath no furry than a woman scorned. Good Reading!
Well Google can’t stop us or these women, look out boys! What’s up with this? s#!$?
June 29, 2008 - 09:21 PM on June 29th, 2008
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Perseverance: Reflections from a Conversation with Duane “Dog”Chapman
June 30, 2008 - 07:04 AM on June 30th, 2008
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June 30, 2008 - 09:50 AM on June 30th, 2008
Actually, Huston updated his post to state that the fault is, in fact, not Google’s at all, but rather Obama supporters who manipulated the anti-spam feature to “trick” Google into temporarily freezing those sites.
But does any of this even matter? Those Obama hacktivists may have temporarily tricked Google into shutting down seven anti-Obama blogs, but in response, as demonstrated by Newsbusters, conservative bloggers have been flooding cyberspace with a torrent of reporting and their own opinions on the story. In the end, who has really won the day?
http://thenerfherder.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-hacktivists-at-it-again.html
June 30, 2008 - 10:05 AM on June 30th, 2008
He updated his post to show how it could have happened, but the fact remains that Google allowed this to happen. This is the largest search engine on the web. Again, review the philosophy of Google and tell me how they allowed this to happen.
June 30, 2008 - 12:37 PM on June 30th, 2008
Terrorism, Religion, Obama, and America
Barack Obama, when elected President of the United States of America, wants to use foreign troops in the American military, specifically Ugandans. Aurora reports, “In all fairness, the recruitment process has already been taking some unconventional tu…
June 30, 2008 - 02:00 PM on June 30th, 2008
John McCain – American Hero
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June 30, 2008 - 06:59 PM on June 30th, 2008
i never would have guessed
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June 30, 2008 - 08:59 PM on June 30th, 2008
Harry Reid makes us Sick
The gas, make that gaseous emissions from his mouth, makes us sick. Take a whiff.
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June 30, 2008 - 10:03 PM on June 30th, 2008
Shalit, Regev and Goldwasser
An inhuman murderer, who bashed a four-year-old girl’s head in with a gun:::
The Arabs who danced in the streets after Sept 11th can hardly wait for his “triumphant”return to Lebanon.
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June 30, 2008 - 11:30 PM on June 30th, 2008
Crazy Obama Rumors Need to be Stopped
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July 1, 2008 - 12:47 AM on July 1st, 2008
Is Obama our most well known illegal alien?
Yes I know I have gone a few weeks. I’ve been sick. Sue me.
Topping today’s blogs: Is Obama even a US citizen? Are we coming close to electing the Illegal Alien in Chief?
It sounds like a joke, and initially I dismiss…
July 1, 2008 - 01:23 AM on July 1st, 2008
Are blogs the criticize Obama being shut down deliberately? Yes.
Yes indeed, it is clearly happening, that fact is not being disputed. The only real question is “by who”. This, by the way I regard as a serious issue. I left Blogger 3 years ago to give my blog more creative control and securi…
July 1, 2008 - 04:45 PM on July 1st, 2008
Harry Reid Says Coal and Oil Makes Us Sick
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July 20, 2008 - 12:04 AM on July 20th, 2008
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October 29, 2008 - 12:48 PM on October 29th, 2008
Obama has not been forthright in telling Americans who he is, who he has been associated with, or what he will do if elected. If the media had done its job in vetting Obama from the beginning … and if 18 months ago Americans knew what they know today about Obama, he would never have made it this far. I would be willing to bet that there are still volumes that we don’t know about Obama, and even more Obama is not telling us about what he would do once elected. We also don’t know where much of his 600 million dollars in campaign contributions came from … possibly foreign nationals. Obama’s donations are literally enabling him to buy the Presidency of the United States. And then there’s Acorn, and voter fraud, which all seems to be favoring Obama. A socialistic agenda will ruin America … whose 200+ year capitalistic ideology has made us the country where everyone wants to live … even at risk of life and limb! It’s pretty obvious that McCain loves America, not just in words, but in deeds that cost him dearly. I don’t mind some changes, but changing our entire free enterprise system for socialism is NOT change I can believe in. I don’t trust Obama. I think he will say or do anything to get elected. These are just some of the reasons I’m voting for McCain/Palin on November 4th.
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