What is Digg?Sponsored by HowLifeWorks
How Much Are You Over-Paying For Your Auto Insurance view!
howlifeworks.com - Car insurance rates have dropped leaving many people paying far more than they need to...
212 Comments
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -8/+349i should write a blog titled "Dear Google, You Make Me Wish I Could Afford College".. and end the post with "and please make the check payable to [...]"
- jeruvin, on 10/12/2007, -8/+245If it's true I find it great that someone at Google did this.
- Anth741, on 10/12/2007, -4/+176Brilliant PR move. Google understands how this sort of thing spreads on web communities such as digg and for a 5 minute act of kindness millions of people can say 'oh Google is such a nice company'.
I hope this wasn't the case, perhaps they were just being nice, but either way there kind or brilliant. Or both. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+108"unless the blogger is alergic to asperin, then google is guilty of attempted murder"
Yesh, because a Google Op showed up at his house and forced him to down the bottle of acetaminophen against his will. - Shilly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+89I am actually the article writer and I thought it was hilarious also, and no, I am not allergic. If I was allergic, I simply wouldn't take the meds :)
Al Scillitani - estvir, on 10/12/2007, -15/+99Many other companies have done 'similar' things.
MS with their anti-piracy "rock" campaigin.
Nintendo sending George Bush a birthday present.
I could list alot more, while many are different, all it is is great PR and spread throughout the internet getting praise. - mirek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+77"Dear Playboy..."
*patiently waiting....* - loof, on 10/12/2007, -3/+72easy they googled it...
- pacdude, on 10/12/2007, -12/+74Literal, party of one, your table is ready. Literal, party of one...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+60I think it was just someone at Google being a smartass...which isn't necessarily a bad thing. :)
- NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -9/+65Could've said Tylenol...
- thegreyfox, on 10/12/2007, -7/+58Since we are on Dear Google subject.
Dear Google,
Could i please get some Google Stock. - noelsusman, on 10/12/2007, -10/+59Google is so smart. I couldn't think of any other company that would do this.
- MatttK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+48Didn't Sony send Penny Arcade a ton of doughnuts after PA trashed them with some kind of doughtnut-related joke?
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -3/+50Google -> gives medicine to help the critic
Others -> gives lawsuit to any critic [or insider] they can find a half-justifiable excuse to sue - Jimzo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+44Does no one read the comments already posted before they post their own?????
- ludemunky, on 10/12/2007, -6/+45Does no one read the comments already posted before they post their own?????
- estvir, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39@MatttK
Yup, SOE (Sony Online Entertainment) sent _1200_ Krispy Kreme donuts to Penny Arcade.
Link to the PA page, it's near the bottom: http://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/03/01 - NJank, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35aspirin is not acetaminophen. and vice versa. no murder charges here.
- avsa, on 10/12/2007, -6/+39Is it? I guess it was more intended as a inner joke between a google employee and a blogger (that he probably knew). I don't think a move that could be interpreted as an ironic "the problem is not our, it's all in your head" or a sarcastic "they don't have bread? then give them aspirins"
- mikedpirone, on 10/12/2007, -7/+40We are diggers, we explain to noone!
- gaijintendo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+37For me tissues and google go hand-in-hand ;)
- seventoes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30programmers are used to using !=, its a habbit...
- danielg, on 10/12/2007, -8/+34I put the word Aspirin, since most people know what that is, the same case can't be made for acetaminophen. I did mention acetaminophen in the text of the story, though.
- ZenKai, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27"Acetaminophen can also cause liver damage while you are drinking."
So can ninjas. - AdamLasnik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23I'm the guy from Google who sent the note and pill packet :). Just took me a minute or two, and I figured Al'd get a chuckle. This definitely got, um, a bit wider coverage than I expected!
http://www.bladam.com/main/entry/under-the-microscope/ - NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28A major corporation that doesn't despise, mistrust, or abuse its customers... Amazing...
- TheBull, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22obviously you didn't read it. He put his address in his blog.
- awhiteflame, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Because the blogger put their address in the post requesting the aspirin?
I quote: "I will try to keep up with your changes and try to help others use your new features, tools, and formats through articles and step by step guides, but I want some acetaminophen. Please send it to 3200 Atlantic Avenue Ste 100, Raleigh, NC 27604 Attention Al Scillitani" http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/07/dear-google-youre-giving-me-headache.html - nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -12/+27shosterman: people like you make north america a ***** place to live. please ***** off.
- Tiabin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14The billions they make from good PR make up for the occassional law suit they have to blow out of the water with their huge attorneys. Image is everything in business.
- CatalystGhost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Notice how many people have already said that. Notice how few other people have cared.
- pumacub, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16Great, now we're gonna have a whole bunch of bloggers saying Google gave them glaucoma. =/
- RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9First of all - it's not "Nordstroms" and second of all... They're not making 10k / customer.
By your logic my local dollar store should cater to me the same way that a Ferrari dealership caters to a millionaire. - FBK4SURE, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9you take life too seriously. Its not like they plan to do this again. Its a stunt that has worked for everybody, the blogger is happy, google is happy and I like google even more
- PhantomBantam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I agree. Why dumb it down for digger? It's not that it really matters, but Who is more pretentious, the guy who thinks he has to dumb down the title for average digger, or the guy who thinks we can tell the difference!?
- Bara, on 10/12/2007, -25/+33I'm more interested in whether they were red pills, or blue pills...
- robbyjo, on 10/12/2007, -45/+53Acetaminophen != aspirin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetaminophen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin - edrift101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I love it! Google has a sense of humor after all.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Tom Cruise is a member of the "Others" then, I assume.
- jggr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I thought they did answer his concerns...
Dear Al,
I hope this helps you keep up with the many Adwords changes.
PS – You are reading the Inside Adwords Blog, right?
The PS sort of says to me, that this is where the blog author should be going to help with his concerns. Just because they didn't address his issues in a way that caters to the customer's ego, doesn't mean they didn't help him. (And I, for one, am sick of customers who insist that they be treated like the King or the World, just because they buy my product. But then, this is why I'm not in customer service anymore.)
But then, I really don't know much about this subject, so feel free to bury me if I'm talking outta my ass.
My very own PS: "Blog" is not recognised by the spell check? wtf? - Shilly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Ok, I added the scanned letter. Use same link as above. Al
- NovelInc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8We actually had no idea, considering that was only posted... what, 7 times before you? Thanks for the heads up, we were really clueless there!
- RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7LordJezo - I'm going to sue you for making me more paranoid about how I interact with the world. Who's laughing now!
- canadianrockstr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@AdamLasnik
I think it is great that you added to the digg, I wish more people who were dugg in articles would leave comments in Digg. - loginx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@ssanders
Actually, had you read the previous article by the blogger, you would realize that he had specifically requested the acetaminophen, thus Google would be guilty of nothing.
"O.K. "Googler's," I will try to keep up with your changes and try to help others use your new features, tools, and formats through articles and step by step guides, but I want some acetaminophen. Please send it to..." - Fish123456, on 10/12/2007, -9/+16...and in other news, a popular blogger died today of liver damage. Sources close to the man claim they are going to file suit against Google.
- CatalystGhost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7In your words... not knowing how to press the reply button "means u r gay".
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12"I'm more interested in whether they were red pills, or blue pills..."
Oh come on, this guy was buried for the Matrix reference? 1 for you! - RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7That's nothing... you should have seen what Google sent me after I posted a blog entry about how their image search gave me erectile dysfunction!
-
Show 51 - 100 of 223 discussions
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is