Comments on: Google Decides GrandCentral Number isn’t for Life http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/google-decides-grandcentral-number-isnt-for-life.html Internet Marketing News Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:53:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Del http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/google-decides-grandcentral-number-isnt-for-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-30849 Del Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:40:03 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/google-decides-grandcentral-number-isnt-for-life.html#comment-30849 Hey what did you expect... Grand Central biz model was based on buying costly stuff (numbers are expensive) and giving them away for free to everyone. The goal? Get the buzz, get bought. They raised 4.4M$ to be bought $50M less than 2 years after. A great success for the investors and the founders. Customers not happy? Oh well... This service was not made for customers in the first place. Now Google's accountants looked at the bottom line and said stop. Normal. My customers used to ask why they have to pay for their Masque Numbers when Grand Central gave numbers away for free. Now they know. Our own company can survive without being bought, so if you really want a number for life... you know where to go! Hey what did you expect… Grand Central biz model was based on buying costly stuff (numbers are expensive) and giving them away for free to everyone. The goal? Get the buzz, get bought. They raised 4.4M$ to be bought $50M less than 2 years after. A great success for the investors and the founders. Customers not happy? Oh well… This service was not made for customers in the first place.

Now Google’s accountants looked at the bottom line and said stop. Normal.

My customers used to ask why they have to pay for their Masque Numbers when Grand Central gave numbers away for free. Now they know.
Our own company can survive without being bought, so if you really want a number for life… you know where to go!

]]> By: Andy Beal http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/google-decides-grandcentral-number-isnt-for-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-30838 Andy Beal Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:58:41 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/google-decides-grandcentral-number-isnt-for-life.html#comment-30838 LOL! LOL!

]]> By: SEO Refugee Blog http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/google-decides-grandcentral-number-isnt-for-life.html/comment-page-1#comment-30831 SEO Refugee Blog Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:42:33 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/google-decides-grandcentral-number-isnt-for-life.html#comment-30831 Someone should do a video of the future with a G-bot going around killing people with the explanation of “Unfortunately, a very small number of users have been living lives that are not performing to our quality standards and are being replaced with higher quality services.” What a crock of ****! "Google, how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways...." Someone should do a video of the future with a G-bot going around killing people with the explanation of “Unfortunately, a very small number of users have been living lives that are not performing to our quality standards and are being replaced with higher quality services.” What a crock of ****!

“Google, how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways….”

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