[kictanet] Google's Antics on Mocality

[lordmwesh]

Probably some listers are on the payroll of big brother. Google has
tentatively admitted error, and even apologized as they "investigate"

On 16/01/2012, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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