Will Google Compete With Facebook? Er...It Already Is, Folks.
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I recently read Fb has made 800 million profit... Google makes 10X that.
And all that hyper concerning Bing catching up... BS. Unless a major technology change happens.
And all that hyper concerning Bing catching up... BS. Unless a major technology change happens.
Wait for a next year. If Yahoo + Bing deal will workout Google will be no more than 50-55% at least in US
P.S. I care about my traffic, not their profit lol. You just simply stated I need to spend 10 times more on Google
while FB traffic > Google traffic already !
P.S. I care about my traffic, not their profit lol. You just simply stated I need to spend 10 times more on Google
while FB traffic > Google traffic already !
When it comes down to it, it's about who is truly progressing in the online world. Sure, FB has actually drawn a lot of people away from MySpace, but there is always something greater in the works.
When FB gets put to shame, Google will continue to be a part of the lives of many.
When FB gets put to shame, Google will continue to be a part of the lives of many.
especially when you want to buy viagra online, yeah
Yeah..
I wonder how it happens
Just because myspace became unpopular doesn't mean all new social network sites will. Has ebay or amazon become unpopular?
There was a pretty big problem with myspace (shitty html profiles) and I don't remember it doing much innovation. Facebook seems to be always pushing for new features in the same way google has, so by doing this they're trying to avoid being a myspace.
Google has a lot of untapped niches, and google is on the cusp of a few great things that will throw some pretty heavy weights into the scale.
These are things that facebook is a long ways off of.
Already in motion)
1)Searching Videos and indexing the words/content of the video for contextual searching. They did this with the 2008 presidential stuff and it was in the labs for awhile, seems to have gone quieter now, hard to find info on that. But if google starts indexing videos and being able to search content like that, it will greatly help secure them above yahoo+msn (bing). Imagine them indexing all tv stations and making it searchable, or all Netflix movies etc, any video.
This will create an entirely new niche.
Contextual Video Marketing.
2)Google has another couple of things in the works.
Google Docs this if tuned a lot more it could impact Microsoft office (which is Microsoft’s biggest cash cow), its a ways off but we'll have to wait and see.
[msn/yahoo have nothing in this niche]
3)Android phones are getting really popular and in the new HTC (and probably some older models [i have an HTC so familiar with them]). Don't know if you've played with the "smart search" yet on these, but being able to search relative to your location, restraunts/businesses is addicting.
[msn/yahoo have nothing in this niche that I’m aware of]
Predictions)
I'd expect google to tackle a large social gaming thats entirely cross platform. Tie-in phones/pcs and maybe even playstion (xbox won't do it[thanks MSFT]) on a series of social gaming, all with ability of live video/audio. So you can play cards with aunts and uncles on your phone, on your pc. Even with grandma on her Wii!
Also this would help erode yahoo's market share of their games, which MSN did poorly (think zone).
Next I’d expect that google will attempt to literate the illiterate by putting a heavy advertising campaign on tv that explains how "simple" the new products are to use and that they are free. Furthermore tie-in all web enabled devices ("will be quoted as Standarized devices etc"), so android/pc/iphone/ipad/ipod and possibly ps3.
This will help build the coffin that may eventually contain yahoos market share.
Now with all that in place, it sounds like a pretty good base of content to build an amazing social site.
Facebook did good getting attached with cell phones, tons of users operate from their phone.
But Google could do so much more as a portal/social site.
These are things that facebook is a long ways off of.
Already in motion)
1)Searching Videos and indexing the words/content of the video for contextual searching. They did this with the 2008 presidential stuff and it was in the labs for awhile, seems to have gone quieter now, hard to find info on that. But if google starts indexing videos and being able to search content like that, it will greatly help secure them above yahoo+msn (bing). Imagine them indexing all tv stations and making it searchable, or all Netflix movies etc, any video.
This will create an entirely new niche.
Contextual Video Marketing.
2)Google has another couple of things in the works.
Google Docs this if tuned a lot more it could impact Microsoft office (which is Microsoft’s biggest cash cow), its a ways off but we'll have to wait and see.
[msn/yahoo have nothing in this niche]
3)Android phones are getting really popular and in the new HTC (and probably some older models [i have an HTC so familiar with them]). Don't know if you've played with the "smart search" yet on these, but being able to search relative to your location, restraunts/businesses is addicting.
[msn/yahoo have nothing in this niche that I’m aware of]
Predictions)
I'd expect google to tackle a large social gaming thats entirely cross platform. Tie-in phones/pcs and maybe even playstion (xbox won't do it[thanks MSFT]) on a series of social gaming, all with ability of live video/audio. So you can play cards with aunts and uncles on your phone, on your pc. Even with grandma on her Wii!
Also this would help erode yahoo's market share of their games, which MSN did poorly (think zone).
Next I’d expect that google will attempt to literate the illiterate by putting a heavy advertising campaign on tv that explains how "simple" the new products are to use and that they are free. Furthermore tie-in all web enabled devices ("will be quoted as Standarized devices etc"), so android/pc/iphone/ipad/ipod and possibly ps3.
This will help build the coffin that may eventually contain yahoos market share.
Now with all that in place, it sounds like a pretty good base of content to build an amazing social site.
Facebook did good getting attached with cell phones, tons of users operate from their phone.
But Google could do so much more as a portal/social site.
I agree with that. Surely FB has lots of members but compare that to something that indexed almost all the sites in the world.
