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What Not To Blog

2005-09-14T20:08:10Z

Yes, all the talk today about Google and blogs is about the launch of Blog Search, but equally newsworthy to me is the recent post about Dr. Lee on Google's official blog.

Straight from the handbook of "what not to blog about" on a company site comes a single post that discusses (1) a currently-pending lawsuit, (2) a judge's decision in a case that hasn't yet gone to trial, (3) a personnel issue regarding a current employee, and (4) their relationship with Microsoft, their biggest competitor. I guess the moral of the story is that it's good to be a lawyer, but don't try this one at home, kids. Congrats to Google for being way more open with their personal business than they are about their products.

I wonder if their intranet has a page that says "Google HR (Beta)".

Comment from Mark Jen on 2005-09-14

2005-09-14T21:44:14Z

And to think I was fired for discussing publicly available information on a personal blog which specifically stated that it wasn't reflecting my employer's views ;)

Yet another point of irony, the blog post is authored by one of their lawyers.

Comment from grumpY! on 2005-09-14

2005-09-15T01:11:02Z

also not too insightful are leaks of his compensation package, which is sure to fuel contempt among the many googlers who missed out on the options lottery. google is making every mistake yahoo did, biz wise. sad.

Comment from Jeffrey McManus on 2005-09-14

2005-09-15T01:16:00Z

Google: We Eagerly Await The Arrival Of Our Designated Grownups

Comment from pwb on 2005-09-14

2005-09-15T03:10:29Z

Amen for not caring about stoopid legal sheet.

Comment from Anand Jain on 2005-09-15

2005-09-15T04:36:51Z

and that google blog entry was posted by "Nicole Wong, Associate General Counsel". They surely need more grown-ups.

Comment from Jackson West on 2005-09-15

2005-09-15T04:55:32Z

Wow. Mark's right -- some people get fired for less. At Google, I guess it depends where you are in the hierarchy in terms of what you're allowed to blog. At least CNet has some news from the inside to report now...

Comment from Richard on 2005-09-20

2005-09-21T02:39:54Z

Now that a VP has blogged about the Authors Guild suit, I'm beginning to think that commenting on cases involving them directly that haven't gone to trial yet is company policy.

Comment from Richard on 2005-09-23

2005-09-23T17:27:25Z

Another post to their weblog about the Author's Guild lawsuit, this time pointing to bloggers commenting on the suit. No link to Lessig's commentary though...