Comments on: #GoogleGSO http://dlbates.com/Post/googlegso/ The life and times of David Bates, Programmer, Graphic Designer, Webmaster, Handyman, Logical Thinker, Husband, Father, and an INTP. Just sit back and take it in one post at a time. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:58:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Scott Williams http://dlbates.com/Post/googlegso/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Scott Williams Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:06 +0000 http://dlbates.com/?p=508#comment-511 I'm typically a "glass half full" kind of guy, but anyone that has any insight into the Google initiative has to realize that Greensboro's efforts to date have been less than strategic, and that's putting it nicely. Too many people going for a land grab which is fragmenting the effort. No plan, cohesion, etc. Lots of people doing some decent things, just not together. We're way behind right now and there's just not much time to catch up. And seriously, Wordpress? I’m typically a “glass half full” kind of guy, but anyone that has any insight into the Google initiative has to realize that Greensboro’s efforts to date have been less than strategic, and that’s putting it nicely. Too many people going for a land grab which is fragmenting the effort. No plan, cohesion, etc. Lots of people doing some decent things, just not together. We’re way behind right now and there’s just not much time to catch up.

And seriously, WordPress?

]]> By: David Bates http://dlbates.com/Post/googlegso/comment-page-1/#comment-508 David Bates Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:02:22 +0000 http://dlbates.com/?p=508#comment-508 Ned, I completely agree. Glad you mentioned RFMD, I work for them. Good to know we are still a respected force within the community. I do think we have something to offer in terms of population density and the fact that we have been oppressed by TWC for so long. I don't think we offer any more than "Google" Kansas but hey I applaud them for trying... I chuckled quite hard at your Betty Crocker scenario and find it sad that if we where trying to lure Betty Crocker we not only tried to do it with cookies but also with cookies from a rival brand :) IE. Wordpress VS Blogspot. Thanks for reading David Bates Ned,

I completely agree. Glad you mentioned RFMD, I work for them. Good to know we are still a respected force within the community. I do think we have something to offer in terms of population density and the fact that we have been oppressed by TWC for so long. I don’t think we offer any more than “Google” Kansas but hey I applaud them for trying… I chuckled quite hard at your Betty Crocker scenario and find it sad that if we where trying to lure Betty Crocker we not only tried to do it with cookies but also with cookies from a rival brand :) IE. WordPress VS Blogspot.

Thanks for reading
David Bates

]]> By: Ned Hodgson http://dlbates.com/Post/googlegso/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Ned Hodgson Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:45:12 +0000 http://dlbates.com/?p=508#comment-507 I'm completely nonplussed by the efforts at any level, frankly. We don't have the techy base to draw Google, even with RFMD locally and a good sized industrial base, a segment that is poised to embrace internet technologies more fully. Only the FedEx hub is potent imo. And now this RLF website - a website? That's what we're using to lure Google? An index of millions of websites and we're trying to get them to notice ours? Innovation FAIL. A website? Really? That's like trying to lure Betty Crocker with a plate of cookies. I’m completely nonplussed by the efforts at any level, frankly. We don’t have the techy base to draw Google, even with RFMD locally and a good sized industrial base, a segment that is poised to embrace internet technologies more fully. Only the FedEx hub is potent imo. And now this RLF website – a website? That’s what we’re using to lure Google? An index of millions of websites and we’re trying to get them to notice ours?

Innovation FAIL. A website? Really? That’s like trying to lure Betty Crocker with a plate of cookies.

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