Comments on: Damn Google, Buncha Commies!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:40:43 +0000

Y'know what's funny... a month ago I'd struggle to get one or two comments in a week... I just want to let you guys know I really appreciate y'all comin' 'round and droppin' your two cents. @Chris, I agree. Even with Google working most of the time at the moment, I can't be bothered to push the quick link to try when I can just push the quick link for a site I know will work. And hey, Baidu has naked chicks. I've got John at Sinosplice to thank for that little eye opener. Didn't the gov't cite pornography as one of the main reasons they wanted a censored version of Google?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:33:00 +0000

No larfing matter! Here in Shanghai, my access to Google has been spotty for weeks. I’ve been thinking for a long time now that there has to be a pernicious force behind this. It seems to me that spotty access to Google is as bad, maybe even worse, to their business, than no access at all. Users who know no better will eventually switch to other search engines, like Baidu or Google.cn. And if people can access it every once in a while, then they’ll be a lot less likely to suspect that the government is playing a role.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:31:54 +0000

如果你告诉我”滚!” 我也告诉你”滚!” 这是我的博客.

开玩笑我的朋友.

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:35:02 +0000

On yer bike!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:33:25 +0000

I just tried it too… no problem. We’ll see if it lasts. Check out db’s link above about Google’s comments on the situation. I’m really not sure why it’s working now. As you can see in my little picture in the post, I definitely couldn’t access it yesterday (or for about a week before).

It’s definitely an issue though… no larf. Larf? Really?… and you guys tout that you “invented” the language… seems like you’re still inventing it!

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:26:15 +0000

Are you having a larf? (as we say in England). I can get on Google, no problem. Wot’s happenin’?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:12:11 +0000

heh, my sensors were all out… damn bottles of Löwen. Censorship however good or bad, is an itch in my hard to reach spots.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:54:58 +0000

sensoreship ain’t all that bad dude

god knows this blog could do with some

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:57:43 +0000

@db: Thanks man! That’s awesome. Nice that the co-founder finally owed up to a bit of social responsibility. I think it’s becoming more and more important that companies not allow their facelessness to allow them to be immoral. I’ve argued before that companies are money making machines and just doing their jobs – but the end of the day, there are people behind that company, and it’s nice to see that sometimes they stand up and say “Uno momento!”

Here’s the response I got from a somewhat pointed e-mail I sent to AdSense’s support:

Hello Ryan, Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention. I understand your concernabout being able to access google.ca in China and seeing the Google ads onyour websites. Please know that we appreciate your taking the time toreport this and you can be rest assured that we have already resolved theproblem.

However, if you continue to experience problems with your Googleads, please reply to this email and I’ll be happy to investigate further. Thanks for your continued patience and understanding.

Sincerely,
Christina
The Google AdSense Team

By: db

db — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:14:05 +0000

@ryan: just ran across this story on the China-Google “situation”:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71097-0.html?tw=rss.index

thought you’d find it, uh, “interesting”…..