Thursday, June 08, 2006
Does Google Google the Googlers?
Quick thought - is Google Googling the Googlers?
I was looking at a few postings that mentioned that Google had setup a new page that does not yet exist, which should indicate that this and that is going to happen, and therefore that and this may happen.... blah blah blah.
Now I love rampant speculation as much as the next guy, but it got me to wondering if Google sometimes does this type of thing on deliberately? Is it possible that sometimes they may allow a 'leak' or the impression of just such a thing without any pre-compiled or pre-conceived plan or agenda? Could it be that they do this simply to find out - just to find out what people can come up with?
I mean, it is clear that there are a lot of folks out there who hold Google on a pedestals, perceiving them as the end-all be-all visionaries of the internet frontier. Granted, they've snatched enough of the best and brightest to earn such a reputation; but what if, they also leveraged the imaginations of their greatest and most vocal fans?
Lets think about it for a moment. Done yet? Great. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Ok, perhaps is may sounds a little nutty, but talk about the ultimate in customer service - open a discussion with your greatest customers / fans, and let them come up with ideas they would like to see, or have them dream the impossible dream; and then make it happen.
Remember that old saying, "the perception of reality is reality". Well, why the heck not. If people can conceive it and believe it, no doubt they can achieve it... or at least will the GMen to do it.
Naturally this would require considerable resources in terms of searching the entire web for random discussions and editorials... oh that's right, they do that anyway. Ok, so it would only take a few guys a few minutes of time to create an algorithm to track this sort of thing... oh sorry, they've already done that too with Google alerts.
Hmmmmmm. So I guess all it would take is one guy and five minutes.
In any case, I thought it was a neat idea and if Google decides to use it, I ask only a nominal 50% of the profits... or a free t-shirt and coffee mug. ¶ 6/08/2006 11:51:00 AM
I was looking at a few postings that mentioned that Google had setup a new page that does not yet exist, which should indicate that this and that is going to happen, and therefore that and this may happen.... blah blah blah.
Now I love rampant speculation as much as the next guy, but it got me to wondering if Google sometimes does this type of thing on deliberately? Is it possible that sometimes they may allow a 'leak' or the impression of just such a thing without any pre-compiled or pre-conceived plan or agenda? Could it be that they do this simply to find out - just to find out what people can come up with?
I mean, it is clear that there are a lot of folks out there who hold Google on a pedestals, perceiving them as the end-all be-all visionaries of the internet frontier. Granted, they've snatched enough of the best and brightest to earn such a reputation; but what if, they also leveraged the imaginations of their greatest and most vocal fans?
Lets think about it for a moment. Done yet? Great. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Ok, perhaps is may sounds a little nutty, but talk about the ultimate in customer service - open a discussion with your greatest customers / fans, and let them come up with ideas they would like to see, or have them dream the impossible dream; and then make it happen.
Remember that old saying, "the perception of reality is reality". Well, why the heck not. If people can conceive it and believe it, no doubt they can achieve it... or at least will the GMen to do it.
Naturally this would require considerable resources in terms of searching the entire web for random discussions and editorials... oh that's right, they do that anyway. Ok, so it would only take a few guys a few minutes of time to create an algorithm to track this sort of thing... oh sorry, they've already done that too with Google alerts.
Hmmmmmm. So I guess all it would take is one guy and five minutes.
In any case, I thought it was a neat idea and if Google decides to use it, I ask only a nominal 50% of the profits... or a free t-shirt and coffee mug. ¶ 6/08/2006 11:51:00 AM
