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April 6, 2005 6:01 AM

Google wants your pornGoogle co-founder Larry Page has announced that the company wants the public to send in its homemade videos - and he doesn't mind how mucky they are. "There might be an adult section, or something like that. I don't think that is going to be a big issue,"
posted by halekon (32 comments total)

In a recent survey 23 per cent of Britons cited pornography as their primary reason for getting broadband internet, far outweighing any other factor.

Wow, Britons are surprisingly honest.
posted by fungible at 6:51 AM on April 6, 2005

Cite for the British quote
posted by quiet at 7:07 AM on April 6, 2005

The privacy conscious among you may wonder how this giant database - which knows your search queries, your email, and the people you know through social network - could have managed to stay out of your bedroom for so long. Now you have it.

lol. Now if only Google could store my medical records for quick access in an emergency...
posted by tiamat at 7:11 AM on April 6, 2005

they're getting annoying now...monopolist maybe even. Why should they have everything online? Who keeps ownership? Are they still "doing no evil"?
posted by amberglow at 7:14 AM on April 6, 2005

I've heard it called "doing the nasty" - maybe if Google's going to start archiving our l'il home videos we should start calling it "doing the evil"...?
posted by twsf at 7:17 AM on April 6, 2005

they're getting annoying now...monopolist maybe even

How are they monopolist? They've done nothing to prevent other companies from competing with them; in fact, other companies do compete with them, in some cases quite successfully.

Why should they have everything online?

Because they are an online services company. Isn't it logical that they should want to expand the services that they offer?

Who keeps ownership?

It's not really a factor. Google just wants test clips so that they can try out their indexing software. When the system goes online, it will merely link to content, just like their web page search.

Are they still "doing no evil"?

Yes. Indexing video for easy retrieval is not generally thought of as a sign of villainy.

Sorry if my answer is a little snippy, but I'm getting tired of the "Google is successful, so they must be doing something wrong" meme.
posted by unreason at 7:24 AM on April 6, 2005

This is a pretty desperate FPP.


Just to make sure someone said it.


Because damn, it is.
As Quiet pointed out, at least find a better source than this; for instance the one linked at the bottom of the page and from which this site copied the entire article.


(wednesday's exasperation kicks in hard)
posted by NinjaPirate at 7:31 AM on April 6, 2005

Porn has always lead the way on the net for Britain.

Anyway, cant talk now, need to go for a quick wa..
posted by 13twelve at 7:32 AM on April 6, 2005

they're getting annoying now...monopolist maybe even.

I think there's a huge difference between success arising from smart decisions and a superior product, and success arising from the ability to illegally "cut off [the competition's] air supply".

Google is still A-OK in my book.
posted by bashos_frog at 7:32 AM on April 6, 2005

Success does not equal monopolist.

I am not aware of any anti-competitive behavior engaged in by google. So it isn't fair to call them monopolists. They are just successful. And just as some short-sighted people thought yahoo was going to control the internet a few years back, so too will google eventually be displaced at the epicenter of the 'net. There is too much competition and innovation takes place too fast. The existence of a monopoly on the internet is, as a practical matter, impossible.
posted by dios at 7:51 AM on April 6, 2005

Google is stilll A-OK in my book too, although I am getting a little tired of hearing about two or three fabulous new Google products every damn week. At this point, I don't pay much attention to their announcements anymore.... there's just too damn many of 'em for my fragile little mind to keep track of.
posted by spilon at 7:58 AM on April 6, 2005

Screwgle
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:14 AM on April 6, 2005

Do-gle
posted by amberglow at 8:16 AM on April 6, 2005

shaggle
posted by zeoslap at 8:26 AM on April 6, 2005

Googlestiltskin: Forget the babysitter! Send us your firstborn!
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:44 AM on April 6, 2005

scroggle.
posted by glenwood at 8:58 AM on April 6, 2005

Boffle.

Boinkle.

Fapple.

Wankel.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 9:13 AM on April 6, 2005

Carnle

Cornle
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:16 AM on April 6, 2005

Voyoogle
posted by WinnipegDragon at 9:46 AM on April 6, 2005

Imagine trying to explain something like Google to George Orwell back in 1948.
posted by Termite at 10:01 AM on April 6, 2005

Spoogle
Masturboogle
posted by the_bone at 10:10 AM on April 6, 2005

I don't necessarily agree with it but at least one person thinks Google has jumped the shark.
Who knows? Personally I think that this is a claim that can only be made after the fact.

(incidentally: jump the shark, is a Happy Days reference. i'm sure many of you know this but had to throw it out there)
posted by edgeways at 10:13 AM on April 6, 2005

Okay, Im'a have to go with "Spoogle", by the_bone.

It just doesn't get any better than that, though I would be open to hearing what spicynuts has to say.

(egeways, "jump the shark" jumped the shark around here a looooong time ago.)
posted by taz at 10:15 AM on April 6, 2005

Will it allow me to search different positions? Multiple partners?
posted by AlexReynolds at 11:23 AM on April 6, 2005

In a recent survey 23 per cent of Britons cited pornography

Okay, I read "cited" as "child" and my jaw dropped. Luckily, I misread it.
posted by daninnj at 12:06 PM on April 6, 2005

The only two reasons I have broadband are pr0n and gaming. Like it or not, these fields do push the tech envelope for computing.
posted by eas98 at 12:20 PM on April 6, 2005

Google can take my porn when they can pry my clammy, moist hands off of my pee-pee.
posted by longbaugh at 12:42 PM on April 6, 2005

"Spoogle", sadly, sounds perfect
posted by matteo at 5:25 PM on April 6, 2005

taz, explaining that "jumped the shark" jumped the shark to people who think we're all clueless jumped the shark a long time ago.

Also, Google remains the appropriate name, given that the first syllable is 'goo'.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:43 PM on April 6, 2005

<jump>
posted by NinjaPirate at 1:08 AM on April 7, 2005

Goatsle
posted by exlotuseater at 4:51 AM on April 7, 2005

Ogle
posted by ilovemytoaster at 6:09 PM on April 10, 2005