Google have lost the plot completely!

[akirk]

you do need to stop making assumptions...

I have business(es) employing real people in real premises - have raised large sums in investment & VC money - run a number of businesses in and outside the internet world from conceptual to advice based, R&D to product... not sure that I feel that they are / have been hated by government / banks / and investors - but then perhaps we have been in different market sectors

I am not sure that you are on the right forum if you really believe:

...The kind that actually made things and did useful things for economy. Precisely not the kind that sell things from a desk in an inernet office, all off whom are parasites on that real economy.

Sadly our society rewards the parasites more than the valuable people. Sure you can make far bigger margins selling stuff you never own sat at a desk. What does that prove? If the real businesses go out of business, internet businesses will have nothing to sell except redundancy advice...

The only businesses that are actually valuable are those who grow it, dig it out of the ground or make it, or take it to where it is needed. Everyone wants to "make a quick buck" off the back of these people. So I know a lot about real business. Not the pretend ones run from a desk...

Do you really believe this? How sad... So we should ditch the Samaritans / all education / all health care / all leisure industry / etc. according to your theory - they are not valuable because they don't grow it / dig it out of the ground / make it / take it where it is needed... - do you seriously want us to believe that is what you think?!

Are all internet based businesses really parasites on the real economy? I assume that you haven't actually studied economics?! So if my web business makes money from clients around the world (I have and have had clients in S. America / N. America / Africa / Russia / Australasia / Europe / UK) - that brings income into the country, is that beter or worse than my R&D / product company which sold only within the UK, but spent its money on development and manufacturing outside the UK... mmm...

For the very last time Alastair. I preach a marketing mix to build customer and prospect lists so businesses are not reliant on one source of traffic. So why you keep banging on about "single source is beyond" me.

because I keep on quoting you! your posts keep saying how dramatic Google changes will be to businesses - killing them left, right and center! - I keep pointing out that this is not true unless they are reliant on one source... you can't have it both ways! If you preach a marketing mix then the affect of a Google change is minimised so it really is not so big an issue... if it is as big an issue as you keep claiming then those businesses are not deploying such a mix... I am only pointing out the logic in your posts

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Alasdair