Back in my day, when we refered to "The Man" we meant big brother.  The goverment. The law makers. The enforcers.  Today, "The Man" is Google.

I take nothing away from their tech.  I mean, where would we be without a good search engine, and I love their phones.  But...wow, these guys and gals have a tremendous amount of power.  Much more power to change how the world works than do our law makers.  I mean, politicians and their inability to get anything meaningful done do not even come close to the power Google has to effect how things go in this world.

I have recently tried to setup a Google Merchant account.  Basically, a GMA is the best way for products to get traction in google search results.  I spent many days over the last couple of months trying to get this lined out. I read SO much material.  I complied with all of the extremely vague rules.  I updated my products, changed my website and entered so much private data into the Google account that they could own me if they desired.

And still...they claim I am a fraud.  That I am phishing.  That I am a scammer trying to use their platform to hurt others.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.  I am a small business, just trying to sell some really cool products.  Nothing more.  Nothing less.   

I have decided that Google is the fraud.  If you are a business they like, you are golden.  But the little guys like me, well...we are just ants to be stepped on.