You Gotta Pay to Play
evhead on Dave Winer's being refused access to Google's XML output. I don't think this is Google not getting the web. Google provides the XML output to their partners that have Google host their search. It's a paid service, and Dave has no right to expect that they should just open it up to him for him to experiment with, unless, well, he pays for it. You want to prototype the tool, make a deal with them and see what happens. The Google folks are pretty open - the site I worked for that did a partnership with them wasn't getting very many hits, was a pretty small site, and we still got great and responsive service from them. And we didn't even try oldBoyNet stuff like sending over our business cards when our net.celeb pics were being taken.
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I did give that one photographer my card to work a Google connection, but took it back when he suggested I pose nude with an Ultra-60... ;-)
Posted by: Luke | February 19, 2002 9:36 PM
Yeah, didn't I see that photo in amongst your travel pics? Nice shots, incidentally. Was Elbert rubbing a lime on his forehead in that one shot?
Posted by: jbm | February 19, 2002 10:18 PM
Whoops, thought I'd taken that one out! The lime... We wanted to see if we could lighten our hair with lime juice and the sun. But then we forgot and went snorkeling.
Posted by: Luke | February 20, 2002 12:56 AM
LOL. That makes sense, seeing as how you're both so blonde and all.
Posted by: jbm | February 20, 2002 6:53 AM