What a bunch of dbags http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-...ook-busted-in-clumsy-smear-attempt-on-google/
The social network secretly hired a PR firm to plant negative stories about the search giant, The Daily Beast's Dan Lyons revealsa caper that is blowing up in their face, and escalating their war.
For the past few days, a mystery has been unfolding in Silicon Valley. Somebody, it seems, hired Burson-Marsteller, a top public-relations firm, to pitch anti-Google stories to newspapers, urging them to investigate claims that Google was invading peoples privacy. Burson even offered to help an influential blogger write a Google-bashing op-ed, which it promised it could place in outlets like The Washington Post, Politico, and The Huffington Post.
The plot backfired when the blogger turned down Bursons offer and posted the emails that Burson had sent him. It got worse when USA Today broke a story accusing Burson of spreading a whisper campaign about Google on behalf of an unnamed client.
But who was the mysterious unnamed client? While fingers pointed at Apple and Microsoft, The Daily Beast discovered that it's a company nobody suspectedFacebook.
Confronted with evidence, a Facebook spokesman last night confirmed that Facebook hired Burson, citing two reasons: First, because it believes Google is doing some things in social networking that raise privacy concerns;...
Facebook is played out. It's the next myspace.
Facebook is played out. It's the next myspace.
This is actually pretty fascinating. I bet anonymous corporate mudslinging is an excellent business opportunity. If you can spread negative publicity covertly, I bet you can make some serious money doing so.
So how are they competing with each other?
One is a social network and the other a search engine more or less.
Unless google starts their own social network I don't see the point.
Granted they both have been caught stealing your information but don't see the issue between them.
FriendFace (see youtube)
Haha, yeah. Is this a common service that public-relations firms provide?
As data converges towards Facebook and away from the internet, FB will be able to have enough to warrant its own search engine. As eyeballs converge towards FB, the thesis is it will eventually take away from Google. Searching for Tide detergent page for some info? No need to search on Google, Proctor and Gamble made a FB page for Tide. http://www.facebook.com/Tide?ref=ts
It's very not. And Burson is the last agency I would have expected to do this, as their rep is hard ass straight laced.
I dont think fb can rival the vast wealth of information that's out there on the internet, and thus, open to google. I really don't think people go on fb first to search for commercial products. Now will people go on facebook to search for "how to edit photographs like a pro in photoshop"
not anymore!
So how are they competing with each other?
One is a social network and the other a search engine more or less.
Unless google starts their own social network I don't see the point.
Granted they both have been caught stealing your information but don't see the issue between them.