Thursday, May 13, 2004
What will Google do with all that money?
They may save us all a lot of money. They’ve made an email service that everyone should be using and probably will be using. They’ve got the best search engine in the business. They’ve made everyone a web author with blogger. Now they are letting users create their own user groups.
While many people see google as the anti-Microsoft, they actually are following a similar business model. Let someone else test the waters and then come out with you own, better product.
Yahoo->Google Search
Price Watching sites -> Froogle
Hotmail -> Gmail
Yahoo eGroups -> Google Groups
I haven’t used Google Groups yet, but it seems to be integrated with their Usenet archives. Their Usenet archives are a godsend, especially if you are a computer programmer. It will be interesting to see how the groups develop. Will they stay centralized and broad, or will they fragment? With Google’s search technology does it matter?
Any Guess on what Google might take on next? If you were Google what would you do with 2.5 billion dollars?
While many people see google as the anti-Microsoft, they actually are following a similar business model. Let someone else test the waters and then come out with you own, better product.
Yahoo->Google Search
Price Watching sites -> Froogle
Hotmail -> Gmail
Yahoo eGroups -> Google Groups
I haven’t used Google Groups yet, but it seems to be integrated with their Usenet archives. Their Usenet archives are a godsend, especially if you are a computer programmer. It will be interesting to see how the groups develop. Will they stay centralized and broad, or will they fragment? With Google’s search technology does it matter?
Any Guess on what Google might take on next? If you were Google what would you do with 2.5 billion dollars?
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