I really hope that Google doesn't jump on this bandwagon. I'd much rather see them invest any prize money towards making their system better. $1 million isn't much to a company like Google, but that's still enough to pay a number of developers and researchers for even a year's worth of development and innovation.
while thats definitely true (i too hope google doesn't resort to search sweepstakes), i think the most potentially disturbing part of this scheme is that it might just work. when you leave the slashdot world, what people see are "ooo shiny prize". although a marketing campaign that says "we put $1 million into research" would DEFINITELY buy me, most people just wouldn't give a damn.
Let's hope Google doesn't resort to this. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Let's hope Google doesn't resort to this. (Score:2)