Let’s talk about Amazon, Google, Facebook, and life in general. You see, no matter how much you want it to be Shangri-La, there comes a time in life when you have to admit, it never did, or ever will exist. And then you have to apply that reality to things you like the most. Nothing is perfect but there are lines that one should never cross. And when crossed, what do you do about it? When doing what’s right isn’t possible because of the way most people are hardwired, well, that’s a dilemma and that’s what we’re going to talk about today.
Show Notes
Episode Outline
- Amazon changes its search algorithm in ways that boost its own products.
- Wow, that’s a surprise. Not
- Google has algorithm’s
- Facebook has them
- Everyone has them. It’s called discretion.
- There is always a conflict of interest when you are working both sides.
- Great debate
- Regulation as a public utility
- Sears, Penny’s WalMart, Costco, Men’s Warehouse - you know what you’re getting
- Tweak here and there destroys a business
- Complain about any of them and you’re tagged and the search results are in the toilet
- Private label, Sponsored Content, Editorial content
- Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Ocala Star Banner, big advertising client, multi page handout, ads, most wanted, editorial, blind eye - Politics - Same with business.
- Business figure out not only the client, but the way to get the attention of the prospective client.
- You can tell that the system’s rigged.
- Big boys spend big money and it crushes competition
- Profits over doing what’s right for the customer
- Brand name bigger profits
- Washington and states, anti trust.
- But let’s think about it. The Clinton Administration and the ABA, anti trust and squashed it.
- Lobbyists and it will be squashed with form over substance
- fiercely competitive markets,
- Amazon sells over 10,000 products under its own brands, according to research firm Marketplace Pulse
- Here’s the problem. Nobody can unplug any more. Unless you go hermit, and that’s not going to happen for 99.999% of the population.
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