Its amazing how going public with a company (IPO, or initial public offering) can make that company simply cease to function as it once did. It seems like once a company goes public to garner money from stocks and be traded, their focus shifts from users to money. Think about it. It happened at Google. Google used to be a nice little search engine that could. It simply worked. And it still does. However, as an SEO consultant who is very familiar with Google and the other search engines, it astounds me how they try at every turn to seemingly game users in order to increase advertising revenue. And now it would seem Facebook is doing the same. If you are a simple user of Google or Facebook, you might not notice all the tension beneath the surface. However, as someone who has gotten their hand dirty in the world of online marketing, I can tell you that these companies are interested in optimizing their experience not necessarily for users, but moreso for lining their own pockets. I seriously need to write a corporate blog post on this topic.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 03:45:08 +0000
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