[kictanet] Google's Antics on Mocality

[Francis Hook]

Should we then infer that Google, just like Mocality, can make similar
allegations that their name was dropped alongside Mocality's by this
unknown party? Even after a Google VP has acknowledged impropriety on
Google's part?



On 16/01/2012, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com> wrote:
> Some weeks / months ago was called by a person claiming to be from Google
> about setting up a free web site.
>
> Could tell from the presentation this could not be a Google employee so I
> asked questions including whether she was working for a Google Partner /
> Agent.
>
> She affirmed herself to be working for a Google Partner. At one point in my
> drilling, she had to revert to someone else and call me back with answers.
>
> Have no doubt this debacle was out of Google' s control.
> On Jan 16, 2012 4:28 PM, "McTim" <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 1/16/12, lordmwesh <lordmwesh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > I am wondering what Google's aswer is to this clear case of dirty
>> >> > tricks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Their initial reaction was :
>> >>
>> >> 'We were mortified to learn that a team of people working on a Google
>> >> project improperly used Mocality’s data and misrepresented our
>> >> relationship with Mocality to encourage customers to create new
>> >> websites. We’ve already unreservedly apologised to Mocality. We’re
>> >> still investigating exactly how this happened, and as soon as we have
>> >> all the facts, we’ll be taking the appropriate action with the people
>> >> involved.'
>> >>
>> >> Am sure we will hear more soon.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > Google PR team are misjudging our intelligence with such a flimsy
>> > statement. Even a kid can read in between the lines.
>>
>> It was from nelson mattos, who I think is VP for EMEA, not from PR.
>>
>> Not being a child, I can't read in between any of these lines, maybe
>> you can fill us in on what you infer?
>>
>> Knowing what I know about google, the folks in charge of Google KE
>> (and the region), I am quite confident that none of these shenanigans
>> were approved by them.
>>
>> I think that James was right when he suggested it was a sub-contractor
>> who was responsible and not Google folks themselves. Still, Google
>> needs to make this right, as they (and their partners) are all
>> tarnished by this misbehavior.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
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