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 1/16/12, lordmwesh <lordmwesh@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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