Google Sidewiki Controversy
October 5th, 2009 | 8 Comments |
Google’s goal of controlling and dominating the search world has stirred some new controversy with a new tool they have on their toolbar, called a Sidewiki.
enter the Google Sidewiki Controversy
What this tool bar does in a nutshell is…
- Allows users to make comments on anything they see on the web, whether it’s your websites or someone elses in a sidebar comment tool that Google controls.
- Allows Google to spider these comments in the Sidewiki and show them as SERP’s, that link to THIER links, not yours in the search results pages. (see examples below)
- Allows anyone to spam the heck outa the sidewiki until someone notices it and then reports abuse.
- Allows people to knock your brand or products without you controlling the content.
- Allows people to steer people off your site to THEIR site, by using sly comments to entice readers to go elsewhere to get a similar product or "better" product.
