BTW, I’ve been getting all kinds of emails saying that the Google rep did say the deal with Blogger is about synergy. It’s also in today’s NY Times article. I’m a little too close to this to say that Google has to be really careful about tying their weblog hosting service with their search engine, but it’s true anyway. I’ve heaped praise on Google in the past for their integrity, for not selling placement in search engine results. Everyone is going to be watching to see if they tilt the search table to favor their weblogs. And even if they don’t we really do need a second search engine, in case there’s too much synergy. [Scripting News]
Dave Winer: On Google and Pyra
