Saturday, May 3, 2008

The Problem with Google


Google Certainly is the worlds most used search engine -- No Contest. Google is a hugetastic and still growing industry, to further elaborate their growth, may I remind the coming the Google Phone and dozens of upcoming google features everywhere! One of their upcoming release for 2008 is the Google Page Creator which allows businesses and individuals to create intranets, project management tracking, extranets and other custom sites. Sounds cool huh? But despite it's plans to get into the custom site communities and cool gadgetry, there is one flaw that could jeopardize its plans... Ladies and gents, I bring to you the Google Terms of Service section 2.3

You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Google, or (b) you are a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.
No comprende? Well, the legal age for most countries to form a binding contract (including the United States) is 18 years old. Still don't get it? Minors won't be able to use Google so they'd better hit the libraries (or wikipedia).
There hasn't been any method for blocking the services for minors, but if they do- Google will be facing a troublesome year.
May I suggest using www.ask.com if they do ever find a way.

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