Do No Evil? Google Uses Shady Ad Tactics To Edge Out Competitor

brlewis · on Oct 25, 2008

The original motto was "Don't Be Evil," not "Do No Evil." I think that Buchheit is taking it a step further in his new startup: http://ourdoings.com/ourdoings-startup/2008-10-24

vaksel · on Oct 25, 2008

this "controversy" is probably worth more to Yamli than whatever damage they got from Google's actions.

Well provided they have some decent management who can milk this thing and won't just settle for small potatoes(blogs etc)

alexandros · on Oct 24, 2008

question is: would yamli be able to enter adwords on google's service name? I believe yes. In that case, what google did is fair game. The other issue is the fact that it's much cheaper (or free) for google to enter ads into adwords, but I don't think anyone would propose google refrain from using adwords altogether. Or would they?

noblemaster · on Oct 24, 2008

Maybe Google changed it, but given the result I get, the article is wrong...

fallentimes · on Oct 24, 2008

I think Evil would be omitting them from google search results altogether.

palish · on Oct 25, 2008

Really? I'm not so sure. I think it would be a big mistake and would open themselves up to competition. However, it doesn't -seem- evil to omit search results.

I don't know. These are shark-infested waters, so I won't venture further.