Adventures in Upgrading from Google
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
As some of you know, I am not the biggest fan of Google these days. When I considered how many services I was using of theirs, I was shocked and vowed to stop relying on them. I have been using alternatives, or what I like to call “upgrades,” now and am using nothing Google related currently. I wanted to promote these alternative services in a post so people are reminded Google “aint the only kid on the block.”
First, the Google services I used to have:
- Search
- Google Start Page
- Gmail
- Analytics
- Adsense
- Calendar
and a few more.
Second, the alternative I upgraded them all with (in corresponding order):
- Yahoo!
- My Yahoo! Start Page
- Yahoo! Mail
- Open Web Analytics
- Amazon Affiliate Program
- Yahoo! Calendar
Unlike Google, I will never tell people what services they should use. But I do recommend that you not use Google services, they are a dishonest corporation and they wield too much power in a free-enterprise system. In upgrading Google services to alternatives, you can take their control away a little. Who knows, maybe one day they’ll be useful again.
