Comments on: Now We Have a Real Contest on Our Hands!

By: Search Engine Optimization Traning

Search Engine Optimization Traning — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:59:24 +0000

Google are that big they can basically do what they want and they will probably get away with it.

By: Joe Hunkins

Joe Hunkins — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:40:47 +0000

Clearly there is only ONE way to settle this rationally. A bare-knuckle fistfight between Matt and Jeremy at the next Las Vegas WMW Pubcon. Place your bets now to avoid the rush.

By: Willan Johnson

Willan Johnson — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:22:09 +0000

Classy comments by Matt. That said, John is right. Google has built a $147B rocket by copying (and enhancing) the Overture business. Y! can only hope they see a small percentage of that success by embracing some of Google’s features.

By: Anatoly Lubarsky

Anatoly Lubarsky — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:36:14 +0000

The keyword in Jeremy’s post is “blatantly”.

By: Peter Davis

Peter Davis — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:43:40 +0000

Well, Matt, but you didn’t “just” apologize, did ya?

By: Matt Cutts

Matt Cutts — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:57:46 +0000

John, I could talk about how Panama will be familiar to AdWords users (“campaigns” and “ad groups” and similar stuff). Instead, I’d rather just apologize for copying that page and move on. People expect Google to do better than that, I agree that we should.