|
What I think you are saying, dpam, is that Google is a victim of its own success. I agree that they never expected to be as big as they are, or to have the power that they have. But whether they expected it or not, they've got it, and they do have the power to wipe out web-based businesses at a stroke. Because what they do affects about 85% of the searches done in the world today, in many casees, when a site's rankings vanish, the site is dead.
Because what Google does can have such devastating effects, they really should try to test changes as much as they can before rolling them out onto the web. They used to use www2 and www3 for that purpose but they didn't do it this time, and the trade (sometimes livelihood) on many websites is dead.
They have such power these days that they should be held accountable. They certainly have a moral responsibility to websites that they wouldn't have if Google was just one of a number of equally top engines - like it used to be. They may not be legally responsible, but they are definitely morally responsible.
|