December 17, 2008

Google falls out of the privacy top ten

In the US they run a top twenty list of the companies that people are most likely to trust and surprisingly Google has for the first time falling out of the top twenty, last year they were ranked as tenth.

Some people feel that it is because of the size of the firm that puts people off, but really, it has to done to personal preferences. This is clear because there are some new additions to the top twenty like Facebook who have had their problems.

Companies like eBay, Microsoft and Yahoo have also moved up the rankings proving that there is a difference of opinion between the customers and what the media have to say about businesses.

This is the top twenty:

1. American Express (remained No. 1)
2. eBay (+6)
3. IBM (no change)
4. Amazon (+1)
5. Johnson & Johnson (+ 1)
6. Hewlett Packard (+10)
6. U.S. Postal Service (+1)
7. Procter & Gamble (+2)
8. Apple (new to the top 20)
9. Nationwide (remained the same)
10. Charles Schwab (-8)
11. USAA (+4)
12. Intuit (+7)
13. WebMD (-1)
14. Yahoo (new to the top 20)
15. Facebook (new to the top 20)
16. Disney (-1)
16. AOL (-12)
17. Verizon (new to the top 20)
18. FedEx (new to the top 20)
19. US Bank (-2)
20. Dell (-7)
20. eLoan (-9)