Comments on: Real Online Competition: The Right to Exit http://madisonian.net/2007/11/22/real-online-competition-the-right-to-exit/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matt Cutts http://madisonian.net/2007/11/22/real-online-competition-the-right-to-exit/comment-page-1/#comment-231284 Matt Cutts Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:24:37 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/11/22/real-online-competition-the-right-to-exit/#comment-231284 Hi Frank, you asked "The basic question is: who ought to control the data that users and search engines mutually generate? All your queries have been training Google to give you what you want–shouldn’t you be able to use that data to your advantage if you switch search engines?" In fact, you can retrieve your Google searches and then take them elsewhere. See my post at http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/not-trapping-users-data-good/ or this one that I just did: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/data-portability-for-your-email-searches-calendar/ Hi Frank, you asked “The basic question is: who ought to control the data that users and search engines mutually generate? All your queries have been training Google to give you what you want–shouldn’t you be able to use that data to your advantage if you switch search engines?”

In fact, you can retrieve your Google searches and then take them elsewhere. See my post at
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/not-trapping-users-data-good/
or this one that I just did:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/data-portability-for-your-email-searches-calendar/

]]> By: Nathaniel http://madisonian.net/2007/11/22/real-online-competition-the-right-to-exit/comment-page-1/#comment-225503 Nathaniel Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:25:26 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2007/11/22/real-online-competition-the-right-to-exit/#comment-225503 I would imagine that it would be possible to write an app that tracks all of your googling for you. I'd imagine that it would then be possible to take it with you to any company you want. The question then becomes a matter of who will best pay you for it. I would imagine that it would be possible to write an app that tracks all of your googling for you. I’d imagine that it would then be possible to take it with you to any company you want. The question then becomes a matter of who will best pay you for it.

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