Have we become too dependent on Google?


	Have we become too dependent on Google?

JediKnut

2-4-2009 1:13 AM

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JediKnut says:

Read the complete article at the link...

Personally, I think this holds very true. As someone who runs a website which relies heavily on Google AdSense / AdWords and their other services, if one of their Google were to malfunction, it could cause a snowball effect which would be disastrous to my website...

Something to think about.

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