Really? Because Google results isn't just news topics. It also comes up with wikipedia articles, comments sections, threads, boards, opinions, etc. etc. so you get to patch things up together on what's right and what's wrong and even formulate your own opinion. Not only that, Google results also gives you what the opinions, news articles, and the comments section that were in the past compared to today.

How do you think I got the notion that people were scared about "chips being in cards" and decided that it was worthwhile to note that onto the wiki? Because Google searches lead me to past comments sections in various news articles that related to EMV, and in them they always had several people making that "oh noes the gubbmint is tracking me" or "they can steal your info wireless from a mile away" comments all the time.

You get double the amount of info and opinions if you can Google in different languages too and be able to see things from a different perspective as well.

IMO, spoon-fed journalism is dead. If you can utilize Google on it's capabilities and know how to do research, and the additional benefit of being able to Google in a different language, the amount of knowledge you get is enormous.

Besides, who doesn't use Google these days. This thread is a perfect example. There were no thread or list or discussion board that extensively discussed EMV a few years ago. Now this thread ranks high up in Google's Page Rank when one searches the term "EMV cards USA." This thread and the Google Docs spreadsheet link is all over travel, credit card, and miles/points hounding websites like milepoint, Frommers, myficoforums, frugal travel guy, million mile secrets, etc. etc.

If anyone is interested about EMV, they can Google the search terms and it leads them to this thread. I even get e-mails from people working at regional banks saying they want to share my Google Docs info because they stumbled upon here using Google!


IMO, that's going to be the way real news, data, and public opinion will be gathered in the future - from Google searches. If there are no good topics or even correct ones, the best way to do it is to create one of your own and hopefully, gather enough posts, comments, supporters, haters, antis, opinions, rebuttals, discussions and debates so that it becomes high on Google's Page Rank system.