[geeks] Google Irritation

[Sridhar Ayengar]

der Mouse wrote:
>> it's in google's interest to suppress your reaction and just count
>> your eyeballs.  makes their numbers look better.
> 
> It's in their immediate-term interest, but not their longer-term
> interest.  I'm a little surprised and a little discouraged they don't
> seem to realize this.  It's basically the same problem as hiring
> spammers to advertise for you: getting your name in front of a lot of
> eyeballs is _not_ a good thing if their reactions are sufficiently
> negative.
> 
> Perhaps I'm just unusual in how strong my negative reaction to having
> stuff I've specifically requested I not get imposed on me is.

I've learned to ignore the Google sponsored links.  Eventually I just 
set my web browser up to not load them in the first place.

Peace...  Sridhar