<p>Some weeks / months ago was called by a person claiming to be from Google about setting up a free web site.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>Have no doubt this debacle was out of Google' s control.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 16, 2012 4:28 PM, "McTim" <<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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