Comments on: What If Google Killed Puppies? http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/branding/google-kills-puppies/ Internet marketing blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:07:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Simon Heseltine http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/branding/google-kills-puppies/#comment-957 Simon Heseltine Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:46:30 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/?p=842#comment-957 Well, I used to use DogPile as my main search engine before switching over to Google back around 2003ish, and I never went back, so you could say that for me Google did kill a puppy... Well, I used to use DogPile as my main search engine before switching over to Google back around 2003ish, and I never went back, so you could say that for me Google did kill a puppy…

]]> By: Bob Weber http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/branding/google-kills-puppies/#comment-956 Bob Weber Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:35:44 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/?p=842#comment-956 The more this is discussed the more I think I am on the total opposite end of most of you. I converted to Google very early on, as soon as I found it in fact. Once I tried it I dropped every other search engine I was using. To this day, if something new is announced I give it a shot. I even tried cuil, in spite of the stoopid name. It sucks, so I don't use it (just paused to try it again and yep, it still sucks). I'll keep trying anything new when I find it, and if it's good, I'll drop Google like a hot rock. The more this is discussed the more I think I am on the total opposite end of most of you. I converted to Google very early on, as soon as I found it in fact. Once I tried it I dropped every other search engine I was using.

To this day, if something new is announced I give it a shot. I even tried cuil, in spite of the stoopid name. It sucks, so I don’t use it (just paused to try it again and yep, it still sucks).

I’ll keep trying anything new when I find it, and if it’s good, I’ll drop Google like a hot rock.

]]> By: Sherisaid http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/branding/google-kills-puppies/#comment-955 Sherisaid Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:02:30 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/?p=842#comment-955 Lisa, I don't remember when I switched to Google, TBH...but it was still in beta. I should probably say that I'm something of a geek and like trying out new beta programs. But saying that, you're right about one thing. A site would have a long way to go before I'd switch from Google, because beating the services offered by google would be damn near impossible. The bottom line is that Google offers what I need without driving me crazy. Lisa, I don’t remember when I switched to Google, TBH…but it was still in beta. I should probably say that I’m something of a geek and like trying out new beta programs. But saying that, you’re right about one thing. A site would have a long way to go before I’d switch from Google, because beating the services offered by google would be damn near impossible. The bottom line is that Google offers what I need without driving me crazy.

]]> By: Lisa Barone http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/branding/google-kills-puppies/#comment-954 Lisa Barone Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:50:57 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/?p=842#comment-954 Dawn: I'm sorry, we can't help you here. Please wear a face mask as to not infect the rest of us. :) Ben: Wow. Do you still feel like you have to wade through "several pages of garbage" to find good results on Google? Really? More so than Yahoo? Interesting that you were willing to switch over to Google because that's where your traffic comes from. Kind of proves the point of the post, no? That relevance has nothing to do with which engine you use and that people stick to what's socially acceptable? You may not like Google, but you're still using it. Even if your heart still belongs to Yahoo. [And you may want to see someone about that?] Robert: Eh, I disagree. :) Google has done VERY little marketing compared to the rest of the search engines. If it was a dollars war, Google certainly would not have won that battle. I think they got their users because they offered a product that was head and shoulders better than their competition. And don't even get me started on Ask.com! Yeah, they HAD the potential. They SHOULD have been successful...and then Barry Diller came in and borked up the whole show. At this point it's not their marketing that's hurt them. It's the fact that they: A. Kicked their brand evangelists in the face: http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2008/03/goodbye_askcom.html B. And then neutered their search engine: http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2008/06/ask_core_search.html And yes, I am sensitive about it. Why do you ask? :) Dawn: I’m sorry, we can’t help you here. Please wear a face mask as to not infect the rest of us. :)

Ben: Wow. Do you still feel like you have to wade through “several pages of garbage” to find good results on Google? Really? More so than Yahoo? Interesting that you were willing to switch over to Google because that’s where your traffic comes from. Kind of proves the point of the post, no? That relevance has nothing to do with which engine you use and that people stick to what’s socially acceptable? You may not like Google, but you’re still using it. Even if your heart still belongs to Yahoo. [And you may want to see someone about that?]

Robert: Eh, I disagree. :) Google has done VERY little marketing compared to the rest of the search engines. If it was a dollars war, Google certainly would not have won that battle. I think they got their users because they offered a product that was head and shoulders better than their competition.

And don’t even get me started on Ask.com! Yeah, they HAD the potential. They SHOULD have been successful…and then Barry Diller came in and borked up the whole show. At this point it’s not their marketing that’s hurt them. It’s the fact that they:

A. Kicked their brand evangelists in the face: http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2008/03/goodbye_askcom.html
B. And then neutered their search engine: http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2008/06/ask_core_search.html

And yes, I am sensitive about it. Why do you ask? :)

]]> By: Robert http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/branding/google-kills-puppies/#comment-953 Robert Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:00:23 +0000 http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/?p=842#comment-953 Actually... :P I'd disagree (mostly because I just have to argue - who doesn't like a good fight?). Google won over the market, not because of quality so much as marketing. Give stuff away for free... give away free services... list websites for free (they don't have an insane yearly charge to be in their directory). @ Dudibob: um... I don't Live/MSN-it... don't Yahoo!-it... but actually I prefer to Ask(.com)-it. They had all the potential in the world but their marketing stank. It's really that simple. What would Google have to do for me to leave? Um, actually they're my second choice. To flip it around if they could give me 3D-Search as Ask.com used to (I'm still bummed they went more Google) then I'd mark them in first place. Actually… :P I’d disagree (mostly because I just have to argue – who doesn’t like a good fight?). Google won over the market, not because of quality so much as marketing. Give stuff away for free… give away free services… list websites for free (they don’t have an insane yearly charge to be in their directory).

@ Dudibob: um… I don’t Live/MSN-it… don’t Yahoo!-it… but actually I prefer to Ask(.com)-it. They had all the potential in the world but their marketing stank. It’s really that simple.

What would Google have to do for me to leave? Um, actually they’re my second choice. To flip it around if they could give me 3D-Search as Ask.com used to (I’m still bummed they went more Google) then I’d mark them in first place.

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