Google declares, "Complete Privacy Does Not Exist." Yeow!

It's a long, long story. Suffice it to say, Google is starting to get complaints from people who do not necessarily want their homes photographed by the Google Maps truck, having their homes available for view online. In response to one particular lawsuit, Google has stated that in the digital age, complete privacy does not exist and therefore should not be expected. (Read the full article here.) In short, if Google were to have its way, none of us would be safe from being found on a computer, one way or another. The brilliant punchline? Something called The National Legal and Policy Center used Google Maps to find the home of an unnamed Google Executive, complete with images of cars in the driveway, their license numbers, the intersections you could expect to find him or her in on the way home... Who would have thought each of us would be each other's Big Brother, anyway? (George Orwell reference there. Not the reality TV show, where people willingly act like asses in front of cameras. No, Orwell's "1984" was more about being watched whether we like it or not.)

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I am the Social Media Services Manager for Off Madison Ave. I've been with the company since 2006, when I was hired to do SEO, and link building in particular. When social networking sites started cropping up, at first I started using them to create backlinks - but they weren't the best for that, given all of the "nofollow" attributes. However, I did see the potential for all of the direct referral traffic they represent. Since then I've been actively pursuing both tactics for clients: Links that can help them for search, and social postings that get them involved in the conversation. It's about the coolest job you could ever get. ;)

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