[LINK] Fwd: [PRIVACY Forum] Google Glitches -- World Doesn't End!

[Jan Whitaker]

At 08:02 AM 1/02/2009, Roger Clarke wrote:
> >Contrary to those observers who incorrectly assert that Google is a
> >"monopolist," there were plenty of alternatives available for users
> >during the span of the Google problem.

NYT has an article on it as well:
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/google-glitch-briefly-disrupts-worlds-search/?partner=rss&emc=rss
[may have to be a free or paid subscriber]

In that article, this para caught my attention:

The company is not known for glitches. But 
Saturday’s is not the first in the last 10 days. 
Recently, Google Maps had a software glitch that 
sent drivers trying to get to different points 
within Staten Island, specifically zip codes 
10302 and 10308, on a 176-mile detour to 
Schenectady instead. The 
<http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/123278310628280.xml&coll=1>Staten 
Island Advance ran a story on the road trip 
directions as “Strudel in Google’s noodle.”
===

and this comment re other search engines:
But I couldn’t search for other engines



Jan


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