
One of the most common questions people ask about Google is whether the search-cum-media company is friend or foe. The company's business is almost a carapace of computing power, surrounding any form of content and threatening to monetize it in the most effective way possible: advertising. This dynamic frustrates traditional media companies to no end. But Google does have weaknesses. <A HREF="http://googlewatch.eweek.com/blogs/google_watch/archive/2006/11/15/14646.aspx?kc=EWNAVEMNL111606EOAD">Here you'll find five chinks in the great G Poppa's armor.</A>