Comments on: “Do no evil” Google fails own mantra

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:12:04 +0000

@Angus
If the company you work for is in fact a partner it seems to me like these guys are doing you company a huge favour. If it is all a load of bollocks then the competition commission will find in Google’s favour, why would you make up your mind about the truth before it has been investigated. You have posted a stupid comment on just about every blog that has posted this article which shows that you are going out of your way to voice your opinion to as many people as possible without really adding any value. hmmmm…

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:12:21 +0000

This is purely a publicity stunt. Why would Google want to waste time with a small ad agency? I agree with Angus. Very unprofessional.

By: Herman Manson -admin

Herman Manson -admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:23:36 +0000

It is going to be interesting to see what kind of feedback comes back from other agencies Google is dealing with with. I have invited Google to respond and will post it as soon as it comes in. As for Entelligence, by airing their laundry in public, they are indeed inviting feedback on their own business practices.

By: Angus

Angus — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:14:51 +0000

I agree that Google should do something here but the release sent out by this mom-and-pop so called digital agency is extremely emotional and unprofessional! If he has any hope of re-establishing relations with Google now…he can forget it! Who would want to partner with a company that makes all those claims in public forums…in that manner? We have engaged with the people at Google here in South AFrica and have never experienced anything as per report this Sean Riley has sent out. Google is working very closely with agencies in south africa (we are one of those) and not “stealing” any business from us. I have heard bad things about Sean Riley and this company – they portray themselves as this big organization, when they’re not…and we’ve heard of some fraudulent stuff they’ve done with clients in Cape Town. Let’s wait and see how this pans out…but I’ll be the first to stand up in Google’s defense based upon the working relationship we have with their office here in SA. Btw: How can Google SA “compete” with agencies? They don’t…whether they work an agency or directly with a client…there’s no element of competition. All this does not make sense!!