Comments on: Google Sends Mr. Schmidt To Washington http://searchengineland.com/google-sends-mr-schmidt-to-washington-10461 Search Engine Land: News On Search Engines, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:39:57 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Parente http://searchengineland.com/google-sends-mr-schmidt-to-washington-10461/comment-page-1#comment-1005 Chris Parente Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:10:31 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/beta/google-sends-mr-schmidt-to-washington-10461.php#comment-1005 This is not the first Post article to portray Google as a babe in the woods when it comes to DC: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/06/AR2006060601723.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/06/AR2006060601723.html</a> My take -- it much suits Google's culture to be seen as an outsider to the ways of Washington. Google wants to be seen as conquering through innovation and sheer tech brilliance, not cutting deals or inserting language into legislation. This is not the first Post article to portray Google as a babe in the woods when it comes to DC:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/06/AR2006060601723.html

My take — it much suits Google’s culture to be seen as an outsider to the ways of Washington. Google wants to be seen as conquering through innovation and sheer tech brilliance, not cutting deals or inserting language into legislation.

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