This is a very popular question I get. When I tell people I own a website dedicated to spreading the word about Google, I always get asked, “Why does google suck?” The truth of the matter is, I was like you and believed that Google was the greatest thing ever. How could you not love multicolored logo? And then all the free services they started to offer, amazing. Lets not forget about Google Earth…. you mean I can see my house from a satellite image whoooaa. One day though, they crossed the line and opened up my eyes to what they were really doing.

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I got an invite toe Techform a little event where a few of the up and coming web 2.0 sites showcased their goods. Drinks were cheap, Tron was playing in the background, and some kind of rock fireplace made me feel comfortable to start grilling the representatives. I come from a marketing and SEO background and I realized that all these new companies are springing up all have the same problem. They all think the advertising business model is the only way to make money online. How did Google manage to brain wash people into thinking that everything has to be free, but by adding ads on the side of your page you will make millions?

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There are very few SEO blogs that I respect. Most people who start SEO blogs either have no idea what they are talking about. There are a few blogs that when they get big (ie SEOMoz) they start spitting out so much garbage that finding the gems turns into a full time job. There is one blog that I discovered where the posts might be less frequent, once a week, but area always thought provoking. I am referring to John Andrews SEO Blog .

He started a post about how Google’s practices might be killing off innovation. Guess who started commenting on his post? Non other than the infamous Matt Cutts Google Software Engineer. His blog like many others has been going south for some time now. He hasn’t written a piece of interesting SEO news in months, instead he attacks anyone who might speak badly of Google. Here is a picture of him if you happen to run into him (this is no joke):

Anyway Matt and John have been going at it in the comments section of the article, it makes for great entertainment and brings up some good points: Google and Innovation by John Andrews