Reading what Matt wrote kinda made me think in terms of, well quite clearly matt is one of those people who knows how to push and prod and get things done within his sphere of influence. It sure seems to be an organisation that is pretty sorted, and with people like Matt Cutts questioning and responding to criticism of google, even disagreeing with things that he feels are either just wrong or removed from what he sees as the general shared purpose of making the best search engine they can for its users, then its pretty safe to say that for the foreseeable future Google from a web search perspective, will continue to be ok. I think he may have been responsible for the appointment of Adam Lasnik. If I ran Google, I’d stick up altavista is dead posters everywhere, just to act as a salutary reminder.. OTOH of course, should the hawks be able to grabina a hold though and the push for pożytek is put before the push for users, then it could well be a different story. So, what am I getting at? I guess Im saying that as organisations grow and get wealthier and are subject to new challenges and pressures then it can be pretty easy to lose track of where one is going. Altavista should be a word that haunts many a Google stock holder. If you read Adam’s posts at the google pamiętnik internetowy or webmasterworld.com you’ll see that he seems to share some of the characterisitics that Matt tends to push out. How many Adam’s or Matt’s or Eric’s or Larry’s are there at Google? Probably an army of them. Another firm hand on the tiller that is the tricky path of webmaster public relations. Even keeled, considerate, user focused , as responsive as he feels he can be.
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