Comments on: \”Google Base\”: Rumors, Denial, and Ineffective Business Blogging http://www.contentious.com/2005/10/26/google-base-rumors-denial-and-ineffective-business-blogging/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Easton Ellsworth http://www.contentious.com/2005/10/26/google-base-rumors-denial-and-ineffective-business-blogging/#comment-40225 Easton Ellsworth Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:12:06 +0000 #comment-40225 I posted a few <a href="http://www.businessblogwire.com/2005/10/how_should_a_corporate_blog_re.html">business blogging do's and don'ts</a> yesterday, and although my angle was more about how to respond on a corporate blog to negative publicity rather than to speculation in general, I think my comments there are relevant here. Basically, I agree with your advice to Google to stop waffling and just confirm or deny rumors like these. The cat's halfway out of the bag, so you'd better let it out or shove it back in, because if you don't do anything, everyone will know it's a cat anyway! I posted a few business blogging do’s and don’ts yesterday, and although my angle was more about how to respond on a corporate blog to negative publicity rather than to speculation in general, I think my comments there are relevant here. Basically, I agree with your advice to Google to stop waffling and just confirm or deny rumors like these. The cat’s halfway out of the bag, so you’d better let it out or shove it back in, because if you don’t do anything, everyone will know it’s a cat anyway!

]]> By: doug http://www.contentious.com/2005/10/26/google-base-rumors-denial-and-ineffective-business-blogging/#comment-40142 doug Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:17:43 +0000 #comment-40142 Talk about market manipulation... Check out the <a href="http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/intchart/frames/main.asp?time=100&freq=6&compidx=aaaaa%3A0&comp=NO_SYMBOL_CHOSEN&ma=0&maval=9&uf=0&lf=1&lf2=0&lf3=0&type=2&style=320&size=2&sid=0&o_symb=ebay&startdate=10%2F25%2F2005&enddate=10%2F26%2F2005&show=true&symb=ebay&draw.x=59&draw.y=16">performance of eBay stock</a> over the past two days, since this Google Base pseudo-launch/denial... Talk about market manipulation…

Check out the performance of eBay stock over the past two days, since this Google Base pseudo-launch/denial…

]]> By: Dave Taylor http://www.contentious.com/2005/10/26/google-base-rumors-denial-and-ineffective-business-blogging/#comment-40133 Dave Taylor Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:38:47 +0000 #comment-40133 Frankly, I don't really understand why everyone enjoys trading on rumors so much nowadays. Since Google has complete control over what it's working on, and since it's hard to imagine a company with that kind of IT infrastructure "accidentally" releasing a closed product to the world at large, the entire situation is rather fraught with hints of market manipulation anyway, in my eyes. Frankly, I don’t really understand why everyone enjoys trading on rumors so much nowadays. Since Google has complete control over what it’s working on, and since it’s hard to imagine a company with that kind of IT infrastructure “accidentally” releasing a closed product to the world at large, the entire situation is rather fraught with hints of market manipulation anyway, in my eyes.

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