JADP: I personally wouldn't want to work with a client who would who would consider using something like this, unless they had already used it and realized that it's not sufficient for their business, and are ready for serious web development.
~ Jon On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Warren Cardinal <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, I am talking about small business web designers... Sure, there are > other free crappy auto-site creators out there like godaddy, but they are > much more transparent about their offerings than this google initiative. > They are leading people to believe they can get a website like their "case > studies" for free. > > Plus godaddy or others don't have the google name on them. Small businesses > are going to assume (wrongly I'm sure) that having google "do their site" is > going to be some advantage for them in the search results. > > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Art Thompson, Jr. > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Maggie Duval <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> These folks have been trolling my clients pretty intensely. Personal, >>> in-store visits. Very irritating because I'm having to take serious amounts >>> of time to explain to them what this is all about / what's going on. >>> >> >> I've had a retail client get visited by both Google and Facebook reps >> within the same week. There's definitely a battle between these two for >> getting business online seemingly only to add value to Google Places >> and Facebook Places. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Art Thompson, Jr >> Logical Things, Inc >> design + technology + strategy >> 512-777-1158 >> [email protected] >> www.logicalthings.com >> - >> Founded 2000. We design, build and host Microsites, Landing Pages, Eblasts >> and whatever comes Next. >> - >> Need to send large files? >> dropbox.yousendit.com/logicalthings >> - >> Wanna connect? >> facebook.com/logicalthings >> linkedin.com/in/logicalthings >> twitter.com/logicalthings >> - >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Maggie Duval <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> These folks have been trolling my clients pretty intensely. Personal, >>> in-store visits. Very irritating because I'm having to take serious amounts >>> of time to explain to them what this is all about / what's going on. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Chris Stromberger < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> "You get all this free for one year. If you love it, you can keep the >>>> website after that for just $4.99/month and the domain name for $2/month. >>>> And don't worry, you can cancel at any time." >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Keith Aric Hall <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Interesting. 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