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That is how the newspapers and TV commentators dispersed there opinion this week when a new book about Google came out. Scott Cleland book “Why You Can’t Trust Google Inc.”. In all fairness I have not read the book. I did see his interview on Fox morning show. The author did say he still used Google.I found that interesting, I think he is saying, use Google but understand they collect a lot of information. True but most websites do, that is the advantage of the web versus other media. That is where I think I can put my two cents in. Our company has an online store, soon it will be 10 years we have had an online marketing site. We have spent thousands of dollars on ad expense, research and development of Google and other web products.

First of all, every business has to deal with Google, if it’s Joe the Plumber or Donald Trump. It’s not just Google, which is my basic point. The search engines Yahoo, Google, Bing and any others are just too easy to use. And now most cell phones have internet access. A couple clicks and you can Google or Yahoo the weather, directions to a restaurant or any other info you might need. Do not forget Twitter and YouTube. Because technology is a huge capitalist success the products have become cheaper and better. Not only websites, web services, hardware and software you name it, all products in the technology arena are better and cheaper. Every person on the planet has benefited.

The last thing we want to do is get scared of Google and get the government involved. We do not need regulation of Google or any other internet search engine. And it’s not just Google that has information on your web searches or buying habits. So does YouTube, Yahoo and Bing, Amazon, and many more. Even your local grocery chain is trying to gather as much information about you as they can. Unless you live in a cave your information is out there. The US government has a ton of information about you. You are not going to get away from it. If anything with better technology and a free market somebody will market better products to protect your privacy. I think in the grand scheme there are more important things to worry about like your anniversary or your son’s soccer game on Saturday.

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