Google – 1 step back – 2 steps forward
A French appeal court found Google liable for allowing others to use the Louis Vuitton trade-mark as an adword. That practice was controversial, and the subject of a few lawsuits. Google has been quoted as saying they don’t allow the practice any more. We should at least give Google credit for trying something controversial, then giving it up and moving on when it didn’t work.
Google’s new Google Checkout service is getting a lot of attention. It is a credit card payment service that online vendors can use to facilitate credit card payments from their customers. This could prove disruptive to those in the online payment business, and some online merchants. CNET and GigaOM have good articles that explain why the service is a good one, and why it is unique and disruptive.
Read a CNET post on the French court decision
