15 May, 2006

Sergey Attacks Yahoo!

While redirecting criticism toward a competitor is usually a poor way to deal with probing questions, AsiaPundit thinks Google co-founder Sergey Brin did properly address a protest from Amnesty International at the company’s annual general meeting.:

EnemyA wide range of investors, including retirees and Wall Street professionals, attended the meeting at Google’s Mountain View campus. They peppered the two founders and Chief Executive Eric Schmidt with questions about everything from new products to sluggish e-mail to competition with Microsoft and Yahoo.

A member of Amnesty International who was representing the shares of a New York pension fund took a turn at the microphone to criticize Google’s decision to launch a separate search engine in China and comply with that government’s censorship policies.

But the protest got derailed when Brin asked the man, Anthony Cruz, what search engine he was recommending as an alternative to Google.

“I use Yahoo,'’ Cruz responded.

“You mean the one that has been censoring since the ’90s and recently caused a number of journalists to go to prison?'’ Brin asked in amazement.

Via Searchnewz, where David comments “Maybe Amnesty International USA should take down its front page attack on Google and replace it with Yahoo instead, perhaps?”

AsiaPundit still uses all Google, Microsoft and Yahoo services - though he may search for a new photo service when his Flickr pro account expires. However, for those who want to avoid all three companies, Amazon’s A9 search engine is pretty good.


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by @ 12:13 am. Filed under China, Asia, East Asia, Northeast Asia, Media, Censorship

2 Responses to “Sergey Attacks Yahoo!”

  1. Lloyd D Budd Says:

    Is A9 really an alternative? Previously, it was powered by Google and now is powered by Microsoft Live.

  2. Greh » Blog Archive » Yahoo! Says:

    […] Quote from Searchnewz article "Brin Cracks On Yahoo Censorship" I first read at Asia Pundit article "Sergey Attacks Yahoo" […]

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