On D-Day Anniversary, Google Memorializes... Tetris?

Warner Todd Huston's blog ^ | June 6, 2009 - 08:29 | Warner Todd Huston

[SkyDancer]

Google is a lot more than just a search engine - do some research on them and you’ll have a better idea of what they are and what they stand for.

[Deo volente]

I tried Bing, and found this great photo of the American Cemetery in Normandy overlooking the beach.

[cranked]

Beautiful but very sobering, imho.

[humblegunner]

I could not care less about the politics of the designers / owners.

It works. It works BEST.

Google is funded by advertisers, yes?

You see ads when you use Google?

If you want to cause Google pain, use it but never click on an ad link.

Then their advertisers are charged for an ad that did not work.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Hm

Hm

You're free to support them all you want. But remember who and what they support.

[daniel1212]

Google has a history of this kind of stuff.

Memorial Day 2006....nada

Memorial Day 2007....nada

Memorial Day 2008...a yellow ribbon?

Veterans Day 2007....WWI Weimar Republic style helmets

[Tenniel2]

The argument could be made that a company that provides free web-search services should stay out of the commemoration business altogether. No Olympics, no Christmas, no Earth Day, no Alan Turing's birthday -- nothing at all.

In any event, given that Google hasn't opted for 100% disinterestedness, the issue is not so much what it chooses to put in its banners. It's the difference between what it chooses to display and what it chooses to omit.

[SkyDancer]

Ok, well considering that you’re the only one for them I guess you have some sort of vested interest in promoting them.

[humblegunner]

I guess you have some sort of vested interest in promoting them.

Yes. I've made 17 million dollars promoting Google.

Since when does "defending from nonsense" equal promoting?

Feel free to hiss & spit, I am done with you.