It's coming, it's coming ...

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

Yes, but it won't be long before there will be google mobile phones, which will give them another chance to contract with their customers to control their browsing experience.

I expect google to be the first company to blatantly and clearly play games with third party sites to make them more profitable to google, such as link substitution and keyword linking.

Kind of like the hotlinking MS tried a few versions back with IE?

[RawAlex]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Kind of like the hotlinking MS tried a few versions back with IE?

yup. But they will more likely be able to get away with it because they will put it in the contract of service, such that it will in some ways sponsor the service.

[Hammer]

Google has been good to me since they came on the scene and now I'm seeing nice results from their mobile Adsense so personally I don't care what they do to manipulate the surfers experience, it's working just fine for me.