So I'm still trying to understand how, after Googles admission, listers here are somehow still trying to exonerate.... #puzzled<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Francis Hook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:francis.hook@gmail.com">francis.hook@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Should we then infer that Google, just like Mocality, can make similar<br>
allegations that their name was dropped alongside Mocality's by this<br>
unknown party? Even after a Google VP has acknowledged impropriety on<br>
Google's part?<br>
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On 16/01/2012, S.M. Muraya <<a href="mailto:murigi.muraya@gmail.com">murigi.muraya@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Some weeks / months ago was called by a person claiming to be from Google<br>
> about setting up a free web site.<br>
><br>
> Could tell from the presentation this could not be a Google employee so I<br>
> asked questions including whether she was working for a Google Partner /<br>
> Agent.<br>
><br>
> She affirmed herself to be working for a Google Partner. At one point in my<br>
> drilling, she had to revert to someone else and call me back with answers.<br>
><br>
> Have no doubt this debacle was out of Google' s control.<br>
> On Jan 16, 2012 4:28 PM, "McTim" <<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> On 1/16/12, lordmwesh <<a href="mailto:lordmwesh@gmail.com">lordmwesh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> > I am wondering what Google's aswer is to this clear case of dirty<br>
>> >> > tricks.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Their initial reaction was :<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> 'We were mortified to learn that a team of people working on a Google<br>
>> >> project improperly used Mocality�s data and misrepresented our<br>
>> >> relationship with Mocality to encourage customers to create new<br>
>> >> websites. We�ve already unreservedly apologised to Mocality. We�re<br>
>> >> still investigating exactly how this happened, and as soon as we have<br>
>> >> all the facts, we�ll be taking the appropriate action with the people<br>
>> >> involved.'<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Am sure we will hear more soon.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> --<br>
>> >> Cheers,<br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Google PR team are misjudging our intelligence with such a flimsy<br>
>> > statement. Even a kid can read in between the lines.<br>
>><br>
>> It was from nelson mattos, who I think is VP for EMEA, not from PR.<br>
>><br>
>> Not being a child, I can't read in between any of these lines, maybe<br>
>> you can fill us in on what you infer?<br>
>><br>
>> Knowing what I know about google, the folks in charge of Google KE<br>
>> (and the region), I am quite confident that none of these shenanigans<br>
>> were approved by them.<br>
>><br>
>> I think that James was right when he suggested it was a sub-contractor<br>
>> who was responsible and not Google folks themselves. Still, Google<br>
>> needs to make this right, as they (and their partners) are all<br>
>> tarnished by this misbehavior.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>><br>
>> McTim<br>
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>
>> route indicates how we get there." �Jon Postel<br>
>><br>
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