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Our Senate testimony on online advertising and Google-DoubleClick

Thursday, September 27, 2007
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8 comments :

  1. UnknownSeptember 27, 2007 at 11:35 AM

    If DoubleClick is to Google what FedEX *or* UPS are to Amazon considere this. If, as a paradox, Amazon ships 90% of all goods in the world, acquiring for example FedEX instead of UPS should completely overkill UPS, because all Amazon goods would be delivered by FedEX and surely not UPS. Not the best example to mention, at least for me.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2007 at 3:31 PM

    Why does not the Microsoft purchase of aQuantive (a competitor of Doubleclick), come under the same scrutiny as the proposed Google/Doubleclick aquisition?

    Prplpiper
    S.Epstein

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  3. Alec KoumjianSeptember 27, 2007 at 4:02 PM

    Re: gattox
    That may be true, but antitrust laws don't prevent those types of monopolies.

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  4. GhostySeptember 27, 2007 at 10:02 PM

    Re: gattox

    Not the best example. Other click agents are not denied business by DoubleClick being owned by Google. Google may serve 90% of all online advertising (just using your number for the argument), but that doesn't mean there's only 10% to be had by anyone else. Adverts are not books.

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  5. Sridhar TuragaSeptember 28, 2007 at 5:12 AM

    What if Amazon buys FedEx and decides to delay deliveries from BarnesandNobles just a little bit?

    What if Amazon tracks what books are being delivered to whom by Borders ... and use that information?

    Google can use the information by their competitors in internet marketing (so what if it is non-text) ... as they now control the last mile for all them.

    Bad analogy ...

    Also references to Google only being text ads is a mistake ... leaving the door open for future litigation, even if they get through now, if Google allows non-text ads ...

    Very sloppy work ... Al-mighty Google ... you need a better lawyer ...

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  6. Brony JoeSeptember 30, 2007 at 6:06 AM

    So... what would be a better analogy for this?

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  7. Sridhar TuragaOctober 1, 2007 at 1:00 AM

    The fundamental issue for Google is that using an argument that DoubleClick is complimentary to it's business is flawed ... because both are online advertising and both control majority of their focus segments.

    Arguments can probably be best centered around how Google has lowered the cost of customer acquisition for Small and Medium businesses ... and given consumer easy access to the best deals ... and with it's PageRank algorithm does not allow the biggest spender to dominate either PPC or SEO ... and they can bring similar benefits into the DoubleClick network. Currently DoubleClick's services are dominated by the large advertisers as they out bid all the small ones ... Google can now democratize them for rest of the segments.

    I personally think that is the true contribution of Google to the advertising world ... and they should use that to anchor all their arguments.

    Then may be better analogies would fall out of that argument.

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  8. MAYBEDAZENovember 10, 2007 at 8:41 PM

    LETS LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR A BIG WHAT IF THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME OVER THE COARSE OF THE LAST 2 WEEKS RELATING TO HOW GOOGLE ADVERTIZERS ARE OVERSTEPPING THE BOUNDS OF ETHICS....I CONTACTED THE HOME PAGE OF HOMESANDLAND.COM TO REQUEST A PUBLICATIONS THAT WAS NOT LISTED ON THEIR WEBSITE BUT THAT I BELEIVED THEY PUBLISHED BECAUSE I HAD ACCESS TO AN OUT OF DATE COPY. I LEFT ME WORK TEL# ONLY ON THEIR SITE. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY I GET A CALL AT WORK. THE REP AT HOMEAND LAND TOLD ME THAT SHE WOWLD SEND ME SOME INFORMATION THROUGH THE MAIL (I GAVE HER MY PO BOX ADDRESS) AND EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SOME PAMPHLETS. I NEVER EXPECTED TO RECIEVE FIVE OTHER PHONE CALLS THAT DAY FOLLOWED BY APPROX 1 A DAY SINCE. THE MOST TROUBLESOME CALLS ARE THE CALLS I RECIEVED FROM COMPANIES THAT PITCH A QUICK FIX TO REPAIR MY BROKEN CREDIT WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME! I DIDN'T KNOW MY CREDIT WAS BROKEN..HOW DO THEY KNOW IF IT WAS OR WASN'T. THE AUTO DIALERS MESSAGES AT THESE COMPANIES TELL YOU TO ENTER OPTION#1 TO SPEAK TO AN EMPLOYEE THAT WILL ASSIT ME TO GET MY CREDIT BACK ON TRACK BUT THEN LINE GOES DEAD WHEN YOU PRESS THAT OPTION...EVERY TIME. IHAVE HAD A TOTLA OF 6 CALLS FROM TWO DIFFERENT CREDIT COMPANIES SO FAR. TRACK...HOWEVER...THIS IS GETTING TO BIG BROTHER FOR ME!...WAIT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT...I GET AN E-MAIL FROM MY MANAGER WHO INFORMS ME THAT I MUST NOT USE MY BUSINESS PHONE FOR PERSONAL CALLS, IT IS TAKING AWAY FROM MY PRODUCTION TIME; I AM WAISITNG COMPANY TIME ON PERSONAL CALLS AND IF IT CONTINUES I WILL BE WRITTEN UP. THIS IS NOT GOOD...I GUESS SHE DIN'T LISTEN IN ON CALLS FROM THE CREDIT REPAIR SERVICE...OR SHE WILL ASSUME I HAVE POOR CREDIT; MY EMPLOYER DOESN'T NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO WORK FOR THEM WHO HAVE POOR CREDIT. YOU WOULD BE CLASSIFIED A SECURITY RISK AND BE SUBJECT TO TERMINATION!
    IF YOU ACCESS THE HOMEANDLAND.COME..YOU WILL SEE ALL THE ADVERTISERS FOR CREDIT REPAIR POSTED ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN. IF I NEEDED OR WANTED TO REPAIR MY CREDIT I WOULD LOG INTO ONE OF THESE SITES...I DONT' AND I DIDN'T! HOWEVER, EITHER LANDAND HOMES.COM OR GOOGLE THINKS IT IS PERFECTLY OK THAT ONCE I INITIATE THE CONTACT WITH ONE OF THEIR CLIENTS/ADVERTISERS THAT NOW I AM FAIR GAME.....I AM UPSET OVER THIS VIOLATION OF MY PRIVACY/MY WORK PLACE ENVRINMENT AND EVEN POSSIBLY MY LIVELYHOOD.
    GOOGLE...DO YOU READ! CONCIDER THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS AND POLICIES.....

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