Postcards from the Funny Farm

As some of you know, I am not the biggest fan of Google these days. When I considered how many services I was using of theirs, I was shocked and vowed to stop relying on them. I have been using alternatives, or what I like to call “upgrades,” now and am using nothing Google related currently. I wanted to promote these alternative services in a post so people are reminded Google “aint the only kid on the block.”

First, the Google services I used to have:

1. Search
2. Google Start Page
3. Gmail
4. Analytics
5. Adsense
6. Calendar

and a few more.

Second, the alternative I upgraded them all with (in corresponding order):

1. Yahoo!
2. My Yahoo! Start Page
3. Yahoo! Mail
4. Open Web Analytics
5. Amazon Affiliate Program
6. Yahoo! Calendar

Unlike Google, I will never tell people what services they should use. But I do recommend that you not use Google services, they are a dishonest corporation and they wield too much power in a free-enterprise system. In upgrading Google services to alternatives, you can take their control away a little. Who knows, maybe one day they’ll be useful again.

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