Consumers Union and Consumer Watchdog seem to have constrasting “hot buttons” in their perception of threats to consumers. When searching those sites using the keyword GOOGLE. The contrasting results are more than “eyebrow raising”, the contrast is downright dumbfounding.
Look at these results:
ConsumersUnion.org
keywords google
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http://www.synomia.com/sitesearch/consult5/index.php?mid=a3c1fd3c5585a5303ceaee238d3cbc4c&l=en
Consumers Union website, using the “google” keyword, found NO Google articles. Now contrast that with the search at Consumer Watchdog’s website:
Consumer Watchdog
keywords google
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Search this site: Google
CURRENT SEARCH
Search found 785 items
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/search/apachesolr_search/google?page=1
Two sites, serving consumers, see Google in such constrasting views that one would hope to see a poll asking consumers how they feel about Google. It is easy to discern how Consumer Watchdog feels about Google – but what is that a reflection of? There seems to be something puzzling going on here. And the political website, THE HILL, recently picked up an article from Consumer Watchdog.
Tags: consumers union, consumers watchdog, google, polls, views of google
