Rupert Murdoch vs. Teh Google
Thunderdome! 
Grumpy Pepaw Murdy is pissed off, y’all. He’s pissed off that Google is ganking his news and not paying for it. Rupert Murdoch thinks Google steals news and that it infringes his copyrights. Google is all, “Whatever, man. We’re Google. We own the universe.” And hey, it’s sort of true. When you want the internets to impart its wisdom to you, where do you go? Teh Google.
Google is one of those rare brands that became the product it was selling. Like Kleenex and Tampax. Except, I think the brand is stronger. Folks still say, “Hey, do you have a tampon?” or “Hey, I need a tissue.” But then there are just as many folks who say, “Give me a damn Tampax.” or “Your Kleenex or your life.” (No one ever asks for Puffs or Playtex, the poor bastids.)
But with Google? No one says, “That’s an interesting question! I think I shall seek out the answer on an Internet search engine.” No. People say, “I’mma google that shit.” Google is a verb! Suck on that, Tampax. You’re not a verb. No one ever went out and got Tampaxed.
Well, Google is getting Murdoched. The media giant has made tentative plans to remove his news organizations from the Google. No more News Corp content on the Google, y’all. …the hell you say? Yep. A Google search will return no news from any of Murdoch’s eleventy-seven news organizations (The Sun, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The New York Post, News of the World, Wall Street Journal, and a few papers in Australia and New Zealand the names of which I’m too lazy to google (that just happened!), and the details about which no one cares any damn way because: (1) they all talk funny down there (talkin’ ’bout, “Oi, it’s the fresh maker, guvnah!” and “I’m beached as, broo!”) and (2) they are mostly drunk criminals.) Oh and also, Murdoch plans to start charging all users to obtain contain from his websites as early as next summer. So there’s that too.
I’m not sure how much business sense it makes to lay the smackdown on the Google. Seems like everybody uses Google. What are humans going to do when they need their Fox News fix?
I guess they’re gonna have to Bing it.
Tags: Bing this, brands, drunk criminals, Fox News, Google, rich old men, Rupert Murdoch, stopthemadness, Tampax, teh Google, WTF!?, you got Tampaxed!
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November 10th, 2009 at 8:08 AM
janice says:Worst idea ever. People are going to stop reading News of the World before they stop using Google… and especially before they start paying for online content.
If I were a writer at one of his papers, I’d be pooping bricks right now.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:11 AM
chelsea says:WAR OF MILLIONARES.That will cost us
November 10th, 2009 at 10:16 AM
TheHobo says:Wait…everyone and their brother-in-law’s cousin’s redheaded stepchild is trying their damndest to search engine optimize their shit so that it shows up on google…and he’s trying to make it so that it doesn’t? Does he realize people still have to click on his sites to read his shit, which is what everyone in the world is trying to get people to do? (CLICK HERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WE NEED THE AD REVENUE!!!)
And does he realize we’re in information overload as it is, so the idea of paying for any information not only goes against the Internet-as-TV model, but actually guarantees you’ll lose your audience and your advertisers?
Does he really think his stuff is compelling enough people want to pay for it? I’ve read the WSJ. Meh. No really, meh. When I want 25 cent words I’ll go to Dictionary.com or One Look and get them for FREE.
The way content on the Internet should be.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:33 PM
ramy says:great googly moogly!
cha cha!
November 11th, 2009 at 12:24 PM
chelsea says:foxsearch.com