I've probably been a geek since the beginning of my life but it wasn't until I wrote my first "Hello World" program in the late 1970's that I figured up that it was my life's calling. Since then I go for about all things geek. This page is just reflections on what I've tried and not tried, liked and haven't liked. Perhaps it will steer you to some cool web sites or products, and perhaps it will keep you away from some bad ones. You can contact me at "blogauthor" in the domain of "smithline.net".

April 2, 2008

Previous Google Blog Republished in Web 2.0

My previous blog entry discussing problems with Google alerts got republished in Web 2.0's online magazine.

As if to emphasize the points I made in the entry, I got a Google alert on the publication. Here is its content:

Google News Alert for: smithline

Intalio Announces Their Open Source BPM Suite as Service - Intalio ...
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
The realities of exe By Neil Smithline Is Google growing too fast to continue to produce innovative software while maintaining the quality that has become ...
See all stories on this topic

At least it got my name correct but otherwise it is a mess. It mangled what was on the Web 2.0 site such that the quote it emailed me is not even remotely correct (or even remotedly English).

Hopefully Google will figure out how to get their quality back up to where it was while continuing to innovate.

Update: Thursday April 17, 2008 Apparently I'm not the only one who is wondering about Google's dramatic growth. This excerpt is from Sys-Con's SEO/SEM magazine, a search engine-focused magazine.

MOST READ THIS WEEK

Viewpoint: Is Google Growing Too Fast?

By Neil Smithline

Microsoft's Weekend Bombshell to Yahoo! BoD: Off Come the Gloves!

By Search News Desk

Yahoo! Bets on AMP! To Counter Google and Microsoft

By Search News Desk

Google Moving Offline

By Maureen O'Gara

Yahoo Explains Why Microsoft Should Pay More or Better Yet Go Away

By Maureen O'Gara

Responding to the "Adobe Flex Shortcomings" Java Blog

By Yakov Fain

Virtualization and Cloud Pumping, Microsoft, Dell, HP and Google

By Maureen O'Gara

Yahoo's China Partner Messes Up Yahoo's Pretty Valuation

By Maureen O'Gara

Complex Event Processing - The Secret Weapon for SOA Application Performance Management

By SOA World Magazine News Desk

Digital Identity and Service-Oriented Architecture - Hope and Glory

By SOA World Magazine News Desk

AppStream to Exhibit at SYS-CON's Virtualization Conference & Expo

By Virtualization News Desk

Google's Going Through Its First Rough Patch

By Maureen O'Gara

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