August 2, 2006
How exactly does Google own my balls?
It’s like this. I exist in the third millennium. If a person fulfills that requirement then Google most likely owns part, if not all, of that persons balls. If Google wanted to put the squeeze on a person, they could cut them off from their AdSense account, or AdWords, or (God forbid) their Gmail account. If Google suddenly hated Brazil they would just have to shut down Orkut and that country would fall to its knees. Google offers a lot of services which are convenient, but the ones that really put the pressure on the ol’ egg basket are the ones that you the user have to invest in. Like AdSense. I am now invested in that. I make room in my budget for a certain amount of income from AdSense. If that is cut off, it’s like I’m fired. If Google wanted me to be making no Benjamins at all they not only would remove me from their index but from AdWords as well. Bah! I fear you Google, yet I lovingly place my balls in your massive hands.



