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$25,000 Reward If You Can Get This Site Recovered Panda
"Hi Rico. I had to read this twice. At 1st, I thought maybe they deserved the demotion in rankings, then I realized no one really knows What Google looks at, exactly - how is anyone supposed to succeed? The 2nd time, the message I got loud & clear was that Google just plain has way too much control - way too much power. Even if their motive really is to clean up their own SE, sometimes it seems like they just want to make everyone scramble - every waking hour of every day all our thoughts should be about them: What can we do to please them? What are they doing right now? What's right around the corner that no one knows about that'll gum up the works? And, they end up always dominating the conversation online. They seem to have a stranglehold, and whether they mean it or not, they're terrorizing all the businesses & bloggers who spend so much of their time trying to crack their code. I'll bet there are even people who buy the Android phone mainly because they think it might hurt their rating if they don't (Google will know, of course) - sad. Duncan"Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
"Very thought-provoking article, Jill. I often wrestle with voting on some of the articles here on BizSugar - the information might seem really good, but since I know so little about business & computers, I have no way of knowing what's really what. Sometimes I vote, other times, not - depending on how I feel at the time. As unimportant as a few votes are here & there, it still gives me pause to think. (As one of the moderators here, my face & name are all over the place - I'm identified with all of this, even things I don't approve of.) Duncan"The Google Plus Name Conundrum
"Big Brother is already turning the thumbscrews, Rich - we can't even decide our own handle - they decide. I saw that they're doing the facial recognition bit, too - who appointed them our Bureau of Internet Security?? This whole thing gives me the heebee-jeebees. If we don't take a really hard look now, they may indeed fulfill the insidious Big Brother stranglehold they're after. Duncan"Subscribe
How to Find People on Google Plus by Name, Age, Gender
"Hi Crunchy. I mean this in a nice way - what if there are some people you don't want to find you online - acquaintances that are annoying, former bad bosses, EX's, etc. If they find you, then what - you have to somehow 'politely' block them & hope they don't burn your house down? Duncan"