[kictanet] Google's Antics on Mocality

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

So I'm still trying to understand how, after Googles admission, listers
here are somehow still trying to exonerate.... #puzzled

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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