Why is Google so F****** dense about SPAM?
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From: Rich Webb on 22 Jun 2010 11:00 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:45:05 -0700 (PDT), rich12345 <aiiadict(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Jun 21, 7:37�pm, martin_05 <martin...(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: >> enforce some rules. �The boards, of course, would have >> to have some advertising to support the costs of setup and running, >> but would otherwise be free to users. �Spammers would just not last >> very long at all. �C.A.F. regulars could certainly be setup as >> moderators to raise the quality of the board even further. �A modern >> board like that could include attachments and other very useful modern >> features. > >you can create a group within "google groups" and moderate it. It is >"sponsored" by google-ads, which is nice. No banners, no popups, and >usually the ads are relevant to the content of the page being >currently viewed. So because of the spam-floods from googlegroups that render much of Usenet a less than happy experience for many users, one should move to googlegroups and put eyeballs on their sponsored advertisements? How nice of them to provide such a service... -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
From: martin_05 on 25 Jun 2010 13:20
> Yet another way Google can make money from spam. > > "We are not evil" - yeah, right. Just a quick comment to the above. Do you have any sense of what it costs to devise, create, maintain and support infrastructures such as Google's? And, if you do, would you really propose that this ought to be offered for free and yet not try to generate revenue in any way? Unless you don't understand the basic business equation I would suspect that upon reflection you might ultimately realize that Google --and lots of other internet companies-- need to make money in order to offer what they offer the world FOR FREE. Just look at something like Google Earth or Google maps. Amazing stuff. Free for you to use. Sure, they monetize whatever they can. And, they should as these are not cheap products to produce (they literally have cars driving every road in the world with cameras to give you street view). Anyhow, my point is that the vilification of a company like Google is grossly unfounded and is probably a knee-jerk reaction rather than a well thought-out position. Try this: Work your tail off for a year -- seven days a week-- to create a great product without pay. They put it on the web for everyone to use for free. Then read a post from a guy who says you are evil for trying to monetize your creation with paid ads and such things. -Martin |