Ken Berry wrote:It is allowed because when a product user out there who is not a member of this Board -- and may not even know of its existence -- has a problem and does a Google search for an answer, he or she will be directed via Google to one of the answers on this forum...
That makes no sense to me at all. They bought or are trying to learn about a SPECIFIC product, but are they so stupid that they have to "Google a find" for it? If they already know the product's name that they have questions about, then searching Google's 250,000,000 posts on every topic on this forum (we've written to each other!) is needless. Visit the product's website/forum instead!!! Geeeesh!
"A product user?"
Any "product user" who has, or is interested in this product, should ALREADY have the URL to the the Corel company website for this product which they downloaded it from. Therefore, if they have questions about the product, like I and so many others, they also have a link to the Corel company website's "User's Forum." Why should Google/Ask/Yahoo/"
Peeping-Tom", or any of the others ever get into the picture?
Is this Corel forum using Google as an free advertising method to encourage people 'find' it on Google (by sending them our every forum conversation!), rather than paying for its own product's advertising?
I asked 4 to 6 very simple questions and you answered only 1 of them, and it doesn't make sense to me. Does Google own Corel Corp, too?
I aplogize for sounding so critical, but I'm sick and tired of ever company taking over The Internet for their own greedy purposes. Google is not alone, even though it's one of the worst. MS, Facebook, and a horde of others EACH want our personal info and/or wallets! I'm just asking why this forum, designed for users of a Corel product to help each other, has --any-- connection to those 3rd-party data-grabbing websites, and exactly what data is the webmaster sending to them. Is it for a kick-back to Corel? If so, then that's one reason, although not a valid one to me.
