Archive for the 'business ethics' Category

The Precepts of Opportunity

Monday, April 24th, 2006
GOOGLE, FIREFOX, OPENSOURCE

Choice is the essence of democracy.

And democracy is a system embraced by those courageous enough to trust in the Will of the People. Today, for the efforts of Google, Opensource and Mozilla, we all have choices, many great choices… not to mention many opportunities… more

Now, to properly understand how this is possible, you have to let go of the idea that to get something good you have to spend a lot of money. You also have to break from the belief that free stuff sucks or comes with a catch. I know, it sounds unbelievable, even as I type the words. But it’s true. I’ll explain…more

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Linking to the Wrong Side of the Tracks

Saturday, March 25th, 2006
bad neighborhood

SEO EFFECTS OF SENDING TRAFFIC TO AFFILIATE PROGRAMS IN “BAD NEIGHBORHOODS”

“There seems to me to be a kind of odd blindness among senders of traffic. I see these guys with their fancy, well-ranked, well-indexed TGPs being so careful and selective when deciding which other sites to trade links with. Some require minimum PR from the prospective link exchanger, and in some cases the requirements go even higher and the scrutiny is even deeper. That is 100% correct, and exactly as it should be. But what has got me scratching my head at the moment, is that all of that concern and control seems to go out the window when it comes to the selection of sponsor programs. I see folks acting as if a link to a program’s site is somehow outside the same system of assessment and judgement that applies to links to other sites. This simply isn’t so, and moreover, the selection of sponsor program is going to become critically important… more

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The Business of Trust

Friday, February 24th, 2006
an image of trust

We are at a tipping point. Unprecedented growth potential for businesses, on one side. Unprecedented consumer reluctance and fear, on the other. So, where do we go from here?

The word “trust” has made a noteworthy appearance within a recent trademark registration by Google. The search engine world is all abuzz with “Trustrank“, as well it should be. But the signifance of Google’s adoption of Trustrank (a choice that will transform the functioning of the search engine to its very core) reaches out to all of electronic commerce. In a low-tech nutshell, Trustrank is simply teaching the search engine right and wrong, before sending it out to do its job. This differs from the prior case, when the operation of the Google search engine was based entirely on math, programming and theoretical circumstances. The difference is human subjectivity, in other words — OPINION.

By choosing to adopt Trustrank, Google is telling us that it is going to give us its opinion whenever we hit the “Search” button. Further, as regards specific Web sites and domains, Google is telling us that its decision to include a given page in search results will be determined by whether or not Google has given its trust…more