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5. Verizon
Google Search: “Verizon Sucks” = 17,100 results
Google Search: “I Hate Verizon” = 7,530 results
TOTAL VERIZON SUCKS POINTS = 24,630
Best of the Worst:
How Bad Can a Cell Phone Company Get?
4. Wal-Mart
Google Search: “Wal-Mart Sucks” = 19,100 results
Google Search: “I Hate Walmart” = 17,700 results
TOTAL WALMART SUCKS POINTS = 36,800
Best of the Worst:
3. Comcast
Google Search: “Comcast Sucks” = 26,900 results
Google Search: “I Hate Comcast” = 10,900 results
TOTAL COMCAST SUCKS POINTS = 37,800
Best of the Worst:
Comcast Technician Sleeping on Couch:
2. AOL
Google Search: “AOL Sucks” = 41,000 results
Google Search: “I Hate AOL” = 10,800 results
TOTAL AOL SUCKS POINTS = 51,800
Best of the Worst:
Canceling AOL Account:
The MOST HATED COMPANY ONLINE is…
1. Microsoft
Google Search: “Microsoft Sucks” = 64,800 results
Google Search: “I Hate Microsoft” = 81,800 results
TOTAL MICROSOFT SUCKS POINTS = 146,600!!!
Best of the Worst:
Chris Pirillo Calls Microsoft Outlook Tech Support:
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UPDATE – Some additions to the list:
If you can think of other companies that should be on here, please share them in the comments below or on digg.MySpace
Google Search: “MySpace Sucks” = 110,000 results
Google Search: “I Hate MySpace” = 70,700 results
TOTAL MYSPACE SUCKS POINTS = 180,700
(I think we have a winner, can anyone beat it?!)
Best of the Worst:
The Megan Meier Story:
(thanks to Drew from Digg)
Google Search: “Google Sucks” = 132,000 results
Google Search: “I Hate Google” = 27,000 results
TOTAL GOOGLE SUCKS POINTS = 159,000
Best of the Worst:
Note: The Google Sucks results are tainted by posts like this one from a friend, Barry Schwartz, who purposefully wrote about it in a humorous post and encouraged others to do the same. Also, the sheer number of Google users that are technologically advanced versus say a Wal-Mart customer is probably a huge difference. This means when a Wal-Mart customer gets screwed they probably turn to a lawyer or watch group rather than their blog.
You’ve Been Googled:
(I posted a video about Google, but on further examination it was clear that the beliefs of Less Everything weren’t in alignment with those of the speaker. We personally love Google and use all of their tools, so it didn’t feel right saying negative things about them. Besides I used Google to google everything, which seems to negate many of these comments. Also… Steve made me do it! So, enjoy this cute puppy!!!)
Linux sucks points: 84,300 Apple sucks points: 75,800 AT&T sucks points: 13,470 Puppies suck points: 3,423 Global Village sucks points: 8
Hurrah, my small company is one of the most popular online, even moreso than puppies!
Where’s Myspace??? Myspace has 179,600 sucks points and totally qualifies as a business.
lol @Gareth. It’s hard to be more popular than puppies, so that’s pretty damn good.
Drew I just added an update section to the post, but Mephisto has a bug that isn’t show the edits. As soon as it’s fixed it’ll be on there.
Gareth is absolutely right: when awarding final suck points, the honest way to go is to divide total by the number of plain hits for a Co. name. Search for “Microsoft” brings up 734 Mhits, while for “Comcast” it’s 31.5 Mhits. So, while MS has ~4x more plain suck points, it is mentioned ~22x more often. Ergo, Comcast sucks 22/4=5.5x stronger than Microsoft. This sounds about right to me.
BTW, Google searches for “Walmart” and “Wal-mart” separately: should be 76,700 suck points total using your methodology.
Paypal sucks – 152,000 suck points adsense sucks – 199,000 suck points
You missed Google
“google sucks” = 132,000 “i hate google” = 16,100
total = 148,100
It’s more hated than Microsoft these days!
Too bad God’s not a company. He’s got everyone beat.
“god sucks” = 2,430,000 “i hate god” = 3,630,000
With just over 6 million, God is clearly the Lord of Internet Hate.
Google is an interesting one. The simple fact that I used Google to google everything seemed to negate inclusion, but I’ve added it to the list with a few notes about clear SEO slants. Sites like ihategoogle.org are actually positive SEO spins… those damned, dirty SEOs!
Sprint definately needs to be added to this list.
Google results “sprint sucks” : 166,000 Google results “i hate sprint” : 481,000
this blows verizon out of the water. And as a previous Sprint customer, I can attest to their suck-factor
Man, you forgot “Hot girl sucks”. You get a LOT of results for that.
You left out one of the companies I think suck most of all. Intuit, not because of TurboTax or Quicken but because of their flagship piece of ** QuickBooks.
Verizon is horrible!!! They are a joke. If they are the only service for internet and/or phones….I will go without!
Idiots!
“Macintosh Sucks” on Google. 1,010,000 Suck points
I think they suck more than Microsoft…
Microsoft 392,000 Windows 485,000 XP 3,510,000 Vista 676,000 Apple 382,000 Mac 372,000 OSX 2,130,000 linux 398,000 Ubunto 1,860,000