Be afraid of Google Wave!
A couple of days ago I registered the domains GoogleWaveSucks.com and IhateGoogleWave.com and set up a website for GoogleWaveSucks.com which was indexed by Google pretty fast. Today I checked and the site has been de-indexed by Google. First thought was how childish of Google, suppressing criticism of its products (Google Wave in this case). See IhateGoogle.com for an example of this bullying, though that particular site is not de-indexed by Google. Apparently they won’t de-index your site if it becomes popular, since that would obviously expose Google for what it actually is.
But then I thought you’d expect things like this when a search engine becomes a defacto monopoly, AND when in addition it owns multiple other internet-based products besides its’ search engine operations. Google obviously has a vested interest to up/down index or even de-index certain sites.
It’s like asking a Mercedes representative to give you an unbiased review of all car brands. Which wouldn’t be so bad unless most people are forced (in one way or another) to go to that same guy for that independent assessment. It then becomes like “democratic elections” in China, where the Communist Party advises you that your best bet is to vote for its favorite Communist Party candidate.
Maybe someday this malarkey will be looked upon and regulated by the powers that be.
In the meantime, if Google won’t index back my website, I will probably consider selling both domains GoogleWaveSucks.com and IhateGoogleWave.com to the highest bidder, just like Google does with our personal data and its ad sales.
