It's largely inconsequential. Google's search has progressed to the point that content farms are easily identified and penalized. I don't need to opt-in to a special club to bear the benefits of this. And my blog isn't a source of income, so I could frankly care less about who steals what.
> The point the author made was that it won't "force you down a path", rather it will lure you with capabilities.
But G+ is very clearly trying to force itself on everyone, despite the proclamations of this fellow. And _my_ point was that I'm NOT lured by these capabilities, despite the fact that the author seems to conclude that he's discovered some kind of universal truths with regards to web services.
> Anyone who refuses to enhance their capability out of sheer stubborness is someone I will NEVER do business with.
You will do what your clients require or go broke maintaining that POV; clients are stubborn by nature, and if you take the "my way or the highway" route then they will indeed take the highway. For the vast majority of us here, we are lucky to have clients -- not the other way around.
edit: I wish you people would comment if you're going to downvote. What was so patently offensive about this?
Perhaps GP is in the enviable position of having vendors he can coerce into using his choice of teleconference tools. And maybe he's in a large enough organization that he can hide in Accounts Payable and not worry about Sales.
Well, no, you're probably right. Anyone who speaks that categorically is insidiously anti-client enough to undermine the business no matter where he's hiding.
So basically, Google are using their control of the search market to pressure people into moving their actual content under Google's control by offering to rank them better in search results if that content lives on Google's servers and helps feed Google's data-gathering engines. Remind me again, when did they change their motton to "Be Evil"?
Authorsure is a good plugin if you use any Wordpress sites.
You completely missed the biggest benefit stated by the author: the protection from duplication by content farms. When someone Googles the blog post, the original blog is always on top, rather than some content stealing farm. How did you miss that?
The point the author made was that it won't "force you down a path", rather it will lure you with capabilities. My team started using it for Hangouts, because the screen sharing/etc was better than the other products we were trying to use, and by better, I mean faster/smoother/more reliable. Anyone who refuses to enhance their capability out of sheer stubborness is someone I will NEVER do business with.