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Resistance Is Futile, You Will Be Google-fied

Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land has written a long — more than 4,400 words! — piece on the Google Hive Mind.  According to the article:

“Rather than follow a rigid top-down master plan, the company’s direction and success has been shaped by decisions often taken independently of how they’ll benefit the company as a whole.  But collectively, those decisions DO form a master plan, a hive mind that dictates what the company will do.”

It’s a great Google Turns Ten article.  You should take a few minutes and read it.

… And now for the opposing point of view: John Battelle thinks that “the hive mind that really matters is the triumvirate of Sergey [Brin], Larry [Page], and Eric [Schmidt].”

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on September 29, 2008 (boomark / email).