Don't go evil on us, Google!
When Google's founders developed a new approach to navigating the Internet in their Stanford University dorm room, they coined a company catch phrase: "Don't be evil." The saying was meant to be an insider's dig at Microsoft, the corporate giant that they felt had abandoned the principles of "creativity and challenge" on which Google is based. In its rapid growth and drive for profits, Google seems to be in danger of forgetting its own mission, to "make the world's information universally accessible and useful." The consumers who turned "google" into a synonym for search should remind Google that the Internet was meant to be about access to more information, more perspectives and more speech. As one of the most dominant forces on the Internet today, Google has the power to make sure it stays that way.
