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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Announcing New Google Issues Discussion Forum
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Sat Aug 11 20:41:26 2007
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:07:06 -0700 (PDT)
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Announcing New Google Issues Discussion Forum
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000268.html
Greetings. With so many important Google-related issues piling up
lately, a number of folks (you know who you are!) have suggested
that a serious public forum for reasoned discussion of Google policy
and operational topics would be useful. As the dominant player in
the search industry and increasingly important in related fields,
Google's influence on the rest of the industry, plus the Internet and
world in general, cannot be underestimated.
Yelling at each other about such matters doesn't do us any good in
the long run. On the other hand, some rational discussions could
well be quite productive.
Never one to stand in the way of meaningful progress, and since the
linear nature of my blog makes comments unwieldy there, I've gone
the whole hog and am pleased to announce a public Google discussion
forum, with a wide range of Google discussion topics (under the
auspices of PFIR Forums) at:
http://www.pfir.org/google
In an effort to assure that this forum offers thoughtful discourse
regarding Google and its effects, without personal attacks or
sideshow antics, all submissions will be moderated (by yours truly).
To encourage wide participation, it is *not* necessary to register
with the forum before reading or submitting messages (however, there
are advantages to doing so, such as e-mail delivery of new postings
and profile customization). Users may create new discussion
category threads as appropriate.
Below is the initial list of Google discussion categories, all
starting with a clean slate. Please spread the word, and let's try
to make the forum a significant contribution to both understanding
and dealing with a very important set of issues indeed.
I hope to see you over on the forum: http://www.pfir.org/google !
Thanks.
== Initial Topics ==
-- Search Issues: Discussions concerning Google policies and
operations that affect Google search results, rankings, the
manner in which Web sites are "spidered" by Google for content,
search engine optimization (SEO), and related topics
-- Gmail: Issues related to Google's "Gmail" service
-- Advertising - AdSense, AdWords, etc.: Issues related to Google
advertising platforms and services
-- Privacy and Intellectual Property: Google privacy and intellectual
property issues that are not specific to other Google discussion
topic categories
-- Book Search: Issues associated specifically with Google's "Book
Search" service
-- YouTube and Google Video: Policies and operational aspects of
Google's YouTube service and Google Video
-- Communications with Google: Positive or negative experiences
related to communications/contacts with Google regarding any
relevant issues, experiences, concerns, disputes, etc.
-- Miscellaneous: All Google issues that do not currently fall into any
of the other Google discussion categories
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com or lauren@pfir.org
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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