Google has launched Google Finance an “ajaxy portal” loaded with business info and information from blogs. Huh. Ok first off I really have to put into question whether this is wise. Blogs are not a good source of solid info for people to making financial decisions. First off blogs aren’t newsworthy the majority of the time. They are pulling the data from the Google Blogsearch which I find as useful as technorati except that it stays upline most of the time. But its still got a long way to go. Google’s latest two moves into portals really confuse me. And using blogs inside their Finance Portal confuses me even more. But this is my opinion. There’s bound to be better opinions out there on this subject. In fact Charlene Li has a great review about Google Finance. So go check it out. Because she has more rounded take on this. Than my viewpoint from being saturated in the blogging industry. Although the quote that’s banging around in my brain comes from Threadwatch:
What are the odds that it could lead to some angry mob justice bloggers getting sued by shareholders or mega corps who see their stock get punished from blog rumors?
Originally posted on March 21, 2006 @ 11:32 am