There’s a TON of reaction to my videos yesterday, but here’s the reactions that stood out in my searches this afternoon.
SEOmoz (in a post where he ripped almost every opinion I had to shreds): “I used to respect Robert Scoble’s opinions.”
Ethan Stock, CEO of ZVents, points out how fast Google found my post.
Dave Winer on Twitter: “@scobleizer made me jealous. I want some of the drugs he’s taking!” He had a much longer response on his blog this morning.
Uncov: “Robert Scoble Actually Makes You Dumber.”
Danny Sullivan, search engine guru (in a lengthy post where he rips many of my opinions): “For such hype about his video, I was pretty much left with a “is that it” response?”
Dare Obasanjo (in a lengthy reply which focused on the real trouble he sees Google having): “I’m not sure I’d predict the demise of Google but I do agree that the social graph can be used to improve search and other aspects of the Internet experience, in fact I agree so much that was the topic of my second ThinkWeek paper which I submitted earlier this year.”
Karl Martino: “Scoble can’t be more wrong.”
Paul Glaszowski: “How ridiculous it is would be for anyone – anyone with a decent supply of sense, anyhow – to think Google will be divested of its crown by entities like Facebook and Mahalo simply due to a lack of the human intervention or “supplication” in its search process.”
Valleywag: “he’s just revealing what he has always been: a confused evangelist who doesn’t understand the underlying technology, doesn’t have his facts straight, and can’t keep his story consistent. But, boy, is he enthusiastic about it!”
I’ll sleep on these responses and come back to it in the morning. Whew, what a Monday! There’s still more than 500 people watching the videos as we speak, so more reactions will come soon, I’m sure.
Oh, the ol, “Robert Scoble Sucks” meme
Thats ok man, i still consider you a friend even though
Oh, the ol, “Robert Scoble Sucks” meme
Thats ok man, i still consider you a friend even though
Robert, whatever Jason Calacanis has been putting into that Kool-Aid being passed around Podtech, it certainly makes one say funny things.
Robert, whatever Jason Calacanis has been putting into that Kool-Aid being passed around Podtech, it certainly makes one say funny things.
Being open to feedback is a virtue. One of the things I respect most about you is your candor and your total willingness to post other’s opinions, pro and con.
I’m sure I’m among the majority who value all you do to expand our understanding of a world that is changing at Internet speed.
Being open to feedback is a virtue. One of the things I respect most about you is your candor and your total willingness to post other’s opinions, pro and con.
I’m sure I’m among the majority who value all you do to expand our understanding of a world that is changing at Internet speed.
Uncov isn’t camel case, dumbass.
Uncov isn’t camel case, dumbass.
My how we put our blind faith in these miraculous machines we’ve created. Did everyone forget who built those machines? Peoples! I have yet to see a robot help me at a store. Sure, self-checkout is da bomb, but who helps you when there’s no code for what you’re trying to check out?
Our thermodynamic-defying, self-replicating DNA factory, ugly-bag-of-water nomadic selves aren’t quite obsolete yet… Pity some don’t realize that.
My how we put our blind faith in these miraculous machines we’ve created. Did everyone forget who built those machines? Peoples! I have yet to see a robot help me at a store. Sure, self-checkout is da bomb, but who helps you when there’s no code for what you’re trying to check out?
Our thermodynamic-defying, self-replicating DNA factory, ugly-bag-of-water nomadic selves aren’t quite obsolete yet… Pity some don’t realize that.
Robert,
No one can ever be correct on everything! I still believe in you, and the things you say! You gave me an opportunity of a life time, and I don’t know how to pay you back!
Daniel,
Apple Universe
Robert,
No one can ever be correct on everything! I still believe in you, and the things you say! You gave me an opportunity of a life time, and I don’t know how to pay you back!
Daniel,
Apple Universe
You have to remember scoble that these people are scared – scared of people like you and scared of inovations which will threaten ther’ye source of income. Whilst I think your ideas are good remember these guys don’t like it that your muscling in on their patch.
I rarely use google anymore it’s become almost my last resource I’ve noticed myself tending to search on Mahalo and other such websites. Like you say facebook is an amazing people search engine, before I was using google to find more information about someone but now I use social networks, which seem to be the best place to find out more about people.
You have to remember scoble that these people are scared – scared of people like you and scared of inovations which will threaten ther’ye source of income. Whilst I think your ideas are good remember these guys don’t like it that your muscling in on their patch.
I rarely use google anymore it’s become almost my last resource I’ve noticed myself tending to search on Mahalo and other such websites. Like you say facebook is an amazing people search engine, before I was using google to find more information about someone but now I use social networks, which seem to be the best place to find out more about people.
Ted: you sound like a marketing guy who works at Microsoft. They are the only ones other than you that I’ve found are concerned with the capitalization of their brand names. Me? Just get my URL right and you can call me anything you want!
Ted: you sound like a marketing guy who works at Microsoft. They are the only ones other than you that I’ve found are concerned with the capitalization of their brand names. Me? Just get my URL right and you can call me anything you want!
Danny and Dare had outstanding posts today, thanks for sparking the conversation!
Danny and Dare had outstanding posts today, thanks for sparking the conversation!
@scoble: The internet is pretty hard! Practice makes perfect. You can’t screw up the capitalization in videos, though.
@scoble: The internet is pretty hard! Practice makes perfect. You can’t screw up the capitalization in videos, though.
Um..it sure would be nice to have a handy LINK to the aforementioned video content to serve as a context for the discussion at hand.
Um..it sure would be nice to have a handy LINK to the aforementioned video content to serve as a context for the discussion at hand.
Keith: look at yesterday’s post at http://scobleizer.com — I also link to them above in the last paragraph. There’s three separate ones, watch them in order (part I, Part II, Part III).
Keith: look at yesterday’s post at http://scobleizer.com — I also link to them above in the last paragraph. There’s three separate ones, watch them in order (part I, Part II, Part III).
Great work. glad i found the sight. excellent app platform. I dont agree with everything you had to say. but the fire has been lit and you lit it. alot of haters out there with nothing to back them up. google will probably never get there but kicked since they can buy the bullies. they are so rich nothing matters to them. look how sorry there site is after all these years. universal search big deal, could have been done in 1999. no body needs an algorithim to locate a business, supplies, or service (the meat and potatoes of search.) a vertical locator zip code search with 10 social networked vertical results will do fine. watch my video at vator.tv for a fundamental break down. keep throwing matches i like this fire.
MyLocator.com – King of Location.
Search Sucks, Locaton is Everything!
Great work. glad i found the sight. excellent app platform. I dont agree with everything you had to say. but the fire has been lit and you lit it. alot of haters out there with nothing to back them up. google will probably never get there but kicked since they can buy the bullies. they are so rich nothing matters to them. look how sorry there site is after all these years. universal search big deal, could have been done in 1999. no body needs an algorithim to locate a business, supplies, or service (the meat and potatoes of search.) a vertical locator zip code search with 10 social networked vertical results will do fine. watch my video at vator.tv for a fundamental break down. keep throwing matches i like this fire.
MyLocator.com – King of Location.
Search Sucks, Locaton is Everything!
1. Alot of people are missing the point, looking at Mahalo under a microscope. Its the concept, maybe it won’t be Mahalo or even facebook, but this rich knowledge or “Social Behaviors” as you call it, can’t be simple rubbished as many people have.
2. It can’t scale – Why not, like you say use multiple sources (RSS reader, Facebook, Delicious, Flickr etc) and with the old traditional stuff, maybe hybrid system?
3. I do wonder about Google, why they don’t have digg.com or a delicious of some sort under their belts?
Jamie
1. Alot of people are missing the point, looking at Mahalo under a microscope. Its the concept, maybe it won’t be Mahalo or even facebook, but this rich knowledge or “Social Behaviors” as you call it, can’t be simple rubbished as many people have.
2. It can’t scale – Why not, like you say use multiple sources (RSS reader, Facebook, Delicious, Flickr etc) and with the old traditional stuff, maybe hybrid system?
3. I do wonder about Google, why they don’t have digg.com or a delicious of some sort under their belts?
Jamie
The same day you claim social networking engines are going to take the cake SEOMoz sez they no longer respect your opinions and while doing so they go ahead and publish an Optimization Paper for Social Networking sites. Kinda falls on both sides of the fence if you ask me.
The same day you claim social networking engines are going to take the cake SEOMoz sez they no longer respect your opinions and while doing so they go ahead and publish an Optimization Paper for Social Networking sites. Kinda falls on both sides of the fence if you ask me.
The problem of most of the people is, that they are so inside the GoogleSystem, that they cannot imagine an world after Google. Don’t you think there where search monopolies before Google? What’s with Yahoo?
Can anybody imagine that two smart college students can “kill” Google (=any multi-billion $ company)… like Google did with all others before them?
I cannot see all the points of Robert, but the big times (& hype) of Google (>50% market share) will also end finally in some time. I don’t know how and when, but it will happen.
The problem of most of the people is, that they are so inside the GoogleSystem, that they cannot imagine an world after Google. Don’t you think there where search monopolies before Google? What’s with Yahoo?
Can anybody imagine that two smart college students can “kill” Google (=any multi-billion $ company)… like Google did with all others before them?
I cannot see all the points of Robert, but the big times (& hype) of Google (>50% market share) will also end finally in some time. I don’t know how and when, but it will happen.
Don’t take the criticism too harshly Robert. Most visionaries and people who take a risk expressing a view get alot of grief from people. Albert E. was pretty ridiculed when he made his theories. Keep making people think, right or wrong doesn’t matter.
Don’t take the criticism too harshly Robert. Most visionaries and people who take a risk expressing a view get alot of grief from people. Albert E. was pretty ridiculed when he made his theories. Keep making people think, right or wrong doesn’t matter.
Beautifully executed linkbait.
Beautifully executed linkbait.
It’s funny how you didn’t list my comments Robert. You list comments where you just get a scathing response without much logic but you don’t list mine that actually refute almost everything you say in your video with logic.
It’s a clever strategy to make your opponents seem like the ones who name call in order to weaken the general argument against your lack thereof.
It’s funny how you didn’t list my comments Robert. You list comments where you just get a scathing response without much logic but you don’t list mine that actually refute almost everything you say in your video with logic.
It’s a clever strategy to make your opponents seem like the ones who name call in order to weaken the general argument against your lack thereof.
I’m going to cut out the middle man and just say you suck
are we good?
I’m going to cut out the middle man and just say you suck
are we good?
Why is it that so many people on the Internet have to insist that someone they disagree with is an idiot? So many people can’t seem to disagree without being disagreable. I’ve come to conclude that the most insulting someone is the more likely they themselves are to be wrong.
Why is it that so many people on the Internet have to insist that someone they disagree with is an idiot? So many people can’t seem to disagree without being disagreable. I’ve come to conclude that the most insulting someone is the more likely they themselves are to be wrong.
I am going to partially agree with 16 on this one Robert. Having sat in on last night’s discussion there were plenty of measured, candid disagreements with your claims.
You have chosen a laundry list of the most scathing of them in what -appears- (I say appears, mind you) to be an attempt to prove your point by contradiction. Since all your detractors are obviously just looking to start a fight — you must be right.
Well, I am not looking to start a fight but here is what I will say.
Maybe a Malhalo, Facebook or Techmeme -like- product will revolutionize search for the masses, but I would put good money down to say that none of these will topple Google at the search game in and of themselves.
The old directory structure (Malhalo) and even Techmeme rely too heavily of Google to do the initial sorting before they are able to take this vetted information and use it in their systems.
Dozens of people have voiced similar opinions in varying degrees of frustration. Robert, this is a decent debate and honestly it just goes to prove that the tech community still puts the blinders on when trying to separate hype from real market potential.
Maybe you are right. All things are possible, but I am sure (like any good marketer) you know that compelling headline aside, that post doesn’t go very far towards predicting the future of search.
I am going to partially agree with 16 on this one Robert. Having sat in on last night’s discussion there were plenty of measured, candid disagreements with your claims.
You have chosen a laundry list of the most scathing of them in what -appears- (I say appears, mind you) to be an attempt to prove your point by contradiction. Since all your detractors are obviously just looking to start a fight — you must be right.
Well, I am not looking to start a fight but here is what I will say.
Maybe a Malhalo, Facebook or Techmeme -like- product will revolutionize search for the masses, but I would put good money down to say that none of these will topple Google at the search game in and of themselves.
The old directory structure (Malhalo) and even Techmeme rely too heavily of Google to do the initial sorting before they are able to take this vetted information and use it in their systems.
Dozens of people have voiced similar opinions in varying degrees of frustration. Robert, this is a decent debate and honestly it just goes to prove that the tech community still puts the blinders on when trying to separate hype from real market potential.
Maybe you are right. All things are possible, but I am sure (like any good marketer) you know that compelling headline aside, that post doesn’t go very far towards predicting the future of search.
Alot of productive blogosphere time was wasted by people on this today Robert. I don’t care if you acknowledge it or not, it was irresponsible to put out so much misinformation that distracted people from productive endeavors.
Danny Sullivan is one of the most positive people I know – he used the F word in his post.
Ditto with Rand – SEOMoz is usually a happy and positive uplifting place and he spent time on this instead of a post that added value.
I’d urge you to think in the future before filming something like that.
Alot of productive blogosphere time was wasted by people on this today Robert. I don’t care if you acknowledge it or not, it was irresponsible to put out so much misinformation that distracted people from productive endeavors.
Danny Sullivan is one of the most positive people I know – he used the F word in his post.
Ditto with Rand – SEOMoz is usually a happy and positive uplifting place and he spent time on this instead of a post that added value.
I’d urge you to think in the future before filming something like that.
Have you jumped the shark on this one? Many of your points don’t seem to make sense. I’ll reserve comments until I’ve had time to sleep on it, also. Perhaps you are sleep deprived?
Have you jumped the shark on this one? Many of your points don’t seem to make sense. I’ll reserve comments until I’ve had time to sleep on it, also. Perhaps you are sleep deprived?
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dude, you are right, you couldnt be more wrong about being right…if you know what i mean.
http://www.drunkenpanda.com