What’s funny with this headline that I see over on Memeorandum is that MSN has been doing pretty much the exact same thing for months now (and has not one, but more than 20 colleges/universities signed up according to Adam Sohn, director of PR guy for MSN). Why didn’t anyone write a headline like “MSN goes after Outlook?” Hmmmm? A little Google love going on in the blogosphere? What’s behind that love?
Oh, maybe we should talk about blogger ethics again? Remember those Google ads on Paul’s blog? How do we know they haven’t colored his judgment? Some of my blogging friends make more money off of Google ads than I am paid by Microsoft (you’ll note that lots of people in my comment regularly question my ability to report honestly about things Microsoft related, why don’t these same people raise heck when employees of Google — and that’s what you are when you put a Google ad on your blog — give Google better PR than it deserves?). I notice that the press loves to go into a tizzy everytime a company sends out a free product, or takes bloggers on a free trip, or signs them up for a director or advisory role. Why isn’t anyone looking into the effect of on-blog advertising on our belief systems and reporting quality?
Here’s a question: if Microsoft had announced that, wouldn’t everyone have also reported on what every other company in the marketplace is doing without just reprinting the Microsoft press release? (Every single blogger on that Memeorandum entry is sponsored by Google ads. Except one, which is the official Google blog.)
I wonder how many other ideas we have that Google will get credit for?
And, please go back through my postings for the past few years. I’ve given Google kudo after kudo. For instance, their new desktop is quite nice. But I’m seeing a trend here and it’s quite worrying. I’d expect bloggers not to just reprint my press releases either!
Update: now this entry is at the top of Memeorandum, which is very weird.
Oh, and if you wanted a potential Outlook killer, don’t look at the domains. Look at Morfik. It lets you put Gmail on a thumb drive. Damn, why does a Microsoft guy have to tell you the real story with one of our competitors? 
print: I use Outlook, Hotmail, and Gmail. I like Outlook the best — by far.
>Your employment sidebar should add Lenova, OQO, Nokia, Motion and bunch of others then. Are you in on the Edgeio deal too?
Um, the machines and stuff from Lenova, OQO, Nokia, and Motion are loaners.
I am not getting a dime from Edgeio.
print: I use Outlook, Hotmail, and Gmail. I like Outlook the best — by far.
>Your employment sidebar should add Lenova, OQO, Nokia, Motion and bunch of others then. Are you in on the Edgeio deal too?
Um, the machines and stuff from Lenova, OQO, Nokia, and Motion are loaners.
I am not getting a dime from Edgeio.
It could be as simple as talking about Google and linking the Google Blog brings traffic. Talking about Microsoft doesn’t have nearly the same effect.
It could be as simple as talking about Google and linking the Google Blog brings traffic. Talking about Microsoft doesn’t have nearly the same effect.
[...] Today I’ve read one of the most disturbing posts lately. It’s written by Robert Scoble and asks some serious questions about why the blogosphere is not giving the proper credit to Microsoft for the ideea of hosting emails for custom domains. Still dizzy after a period of jet lag I run out to my ouija board for a reality check. The answers where disturbing in nature also. Here is what I found: Google, by digging through dirty emails of the bloggers that are using gmail and those porn files transfered on their servers with the help of Google Desktop, has started an evil game based on blackmail and corruption to change the history of the internet. If that wasn’t enough my ouija board also infirmed the following affirmations: [...]
One word man, ugly advertisements (ok, that’s two)… If I were going to have to suffer through a third-party email app, I’d much rather use GMail with its unobtrusive text ads than I would Hotmail with its god awful large and extremely risque adult dating and personals ads.
Maybe you should have a chat with the guys over at MSN and see what they can do to eliminate some of that crap. I know my boss wouldn’t care if he walked by and saw me looking at GMail, but if he walked by and saw a half naked chick, he’d be a tad less understanding (even if it were just an ad in my webmail). You do the math…
One word man, ugly advertisements (ok, that’s two)… If I were going to have to suffer through a third-party email app, I’d much rather use GMail with its unobtrusive text ads than I would Hotmail with its god awful large and extremely risque adult dating and personals ads.
Maybe you should have a chat with the guys over at MSN and see what they can do to eliminate some of that crap. I know my boss wouldn’t care if he walked by and saw me looking at GMail, but if he walked by and saw a half naked chick, he’d be a tad less understanding (even if it were just an ad in my webmail). You do the math…
[...] Scoble says “A little Google love going on in the blogosphere? What’s behind that love?” and suggests that those with Google Ads on their site are more inclined to like Google products than Microsoft’s. [...]
Google jealousy?
Robert Scoble doesn’t seem too happy with the amount of attention that Google is receiving over its hosted e-mail program. Seems that Microsoft is finally getting a taste of its own medicine…
[...] It’s interesting to see this come up with the recent sparring between Google and MSN Scoble, and the controversy about the statements made by Yahoo!s CFO. [...]
[...] Robert Scoble doesn’t seem too happy with the amount of attention that Google is receiving over its hosted e-mail program. Seems that Microsoft is finally getting a taste of its own medicine and is finding it to be rather more bitter than what they’d been used to. [...]
[...] In Certain Circumstances…I think So. [...]
It is not important for which come out first, the point is who is known by others.
It is not important for which come out first, the point is who is known by others.
[...] Newest prediction: Scoble, just off his venting over the buzz Google received for hosted gmail, will be even more annoyed by this round of attention. Related Posts [...]
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When I go to the grocery store, Safeway becomes my employee when I place my bottle of jack on the conveyor belt, or right as the attendant takes my food stamps? Please clarify, because I am totally confused as to the exact moment Safeway becomes my employee. I need to know, it’s been holding up my tax filings this year.
When I go to the grocery store, Safeway becomes my employee when I place my bottle of jack on the conveyor belt, or right as the attendant takes my food stamps? Please clarify, because I am totally confused as to the exact moment Safeway becomes my employee. I need to know, it’s been holding up my tax filings this year.
I guess Microsoft just don’t get in the press unless it’s about a new OS/Office; whereas Google seem to be everybody’s favorite company right now.
I guess Microsoft just don’t get in the press unless it’s about a new OS/Office; whereas Google seem to be everybody’s favorite company right now.
It is just the fact that Microsoft is a bully and happens to release flawed products – where as Google seams to be on the forefront of cool ideas. That’s why Google and Mac are starting to have a good relationship. Speaking of Mac – love the new ad about Window’s Vista!
It is just the fact that Microsoft is a bully and happens to release flawed products – where as Google seams to be on the forefront of cool ideas. That’s why Google and Mac are starting to have a good relationship. Speaking of Mac – love the new ad about Window’s Vista!