Google bans CNET Press for Googling
Googling is the popular term for searching for someone's name at Google.com in an effort to find out more about them (or dig up dirt). You might google a prospective client, your best friend, a hot date, or even a company's CEO. Just don't go googling Google.
Cnet reporter, Elinor Mills, did some googling of her own on Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, and published some personal information about him on Cnet.com last month. Google told Cnet that it will not speak with Cnet reporters until August 2006, according to Jai Singh, editor in chief of Cnet News.com in San Francisco.
Exerpt from San Francisco Chronicle,
Cnet reporter, Elinor Mills, did some googling of her own on Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, and published some personal information about him on Cnet.com last month. Google told Cnet that it will not speak with Cnet reporters until August 2006, according to Jai Singh, editor in chief of Cnet News.com in San Francisco.
Exerpt from San Francisco Chronicle,
"We published a story that recounted how we found information on the (Google)Apparently, Google has declined to comment. Happy Googling!
CEO in a public forum using their service," Singh said. "They had issue with the fact that they felt it was private information and our point is it was public information obtained through public channels using Google search."
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