Will Google Compete With Facebook? Er...It Already Is, Folks.
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FaceBook will be just another MySpace if they keep growing. In fact, most all the scum from MySpace has now moved over to FB.
The future is social networks like this one, the WF. Niche mini social networks that focus on a particular like, business or trend. Not a social platform for everyone and their mothers.
If Google was a bit smarter, they would partner with thousands of webmasters who own these niche social platforms. Let these owneers keeep their branding and uniqueness, while helping one another with their online goals.
The future is social networks like this one, the WF. Niche mini social networks that focus on a particular like, business or trend. Not a social platform for everyone and their mothers.
If Google was a bit smarter, they would partner with thousands of webmasters who own these niche social platforms. Let these owneers keeep their branding and uniqueness, while helping one another with their online goals.
I dont think google can compete and win against Facebook, though google search is important I dont think People spend hours searching as they do on Facebook, moreover Facebook has a huge member database...Good luck Google
You are right I dont think it will happen in the near future, though it might happen when some company grows bigger than these forums and threatens them......
Google is really up into something. They recently hired Max Levchin (Paypal co-founder/Slide Founder) and Angstro creator Rohit Khare. Now they have a long time Googler (Vic Gundotra) and 2 guys who have worked on/with Facebook with Rohit and Max in their engineering dept.
Rumors say that it's Google Me...
Rumors say that it's Google Me...
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If facebook integrates a worldwide sophisticated search engine into their platform (they have the budget for it don't they?) , imagine how many members around the world would be ditching google and start getting used to search right from their facebook profile page for shoes and kitchenware. This could also open a huge market of advertisers seeking to showup on facebook's SERPs. And later on, the SE would get more popular drawing more non-member searchers that will get used to using it for their day to day searches and end up becoming members anyway. Damn, facebook should hire me solely based on my innovative ideas. j/k
Google doesn't need to compete with Facebook, since Google is much better and bigger than FB. Actually, I think that is FB which is trying to compete with Google, didn't make FB an alliance with Bing lately?
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This is a pretty interesting thread. I can't imagine Google letting anyone beat them out at anything. We'll see...I'll bet they'll figure out a way to buy Facebook when it's all said and done!
Hey It's true. Maybe one day FB will be like myspace. But currently FB continues to grow. Even to find out about someone, more people are now looking at FB. It is no wonder that now FB rival Google. Oh come one, something that is always on the top will not always be above.
Theres know competitation, ones a social network, the other is a search engine. It looks to me that Facebook is trying to dominate the internet and its winning, more and more sites and using FB viral buttons and Facebook logins.
Except that it doesn't work like that in real life. People want to be able to contact, chat, and share hilarious cat photos with everyone they know - on the same platform. Think of it as convergence similar to cell phone/ipod/camera -> iphone.
Want to talk about a TV show? You don't have to join daytimetvaddicts.com when you can click 3 buttons to join the Facebook group for that specific show. If anything, Facebook is creating a greater ability to talk niche topics, as the barrier for entry (setup/initial userbase growth) is being lowered to putting "Modern Family" into the search bar.
I think future is where Steam is 
if you guys are aware of it.... they have one of best programmers, made social network where you can play decent games
if you guys are aware of it.... they have one of best programmers, made social network where you can play decent games 
I didn't want to throw Bobby's big huge explanation in my post but put it this way, I repped him for adding a lot of thought to the conversation and being mostly correct.
Bingo, and I also think that niche searching is also going to be big. Why search all of the Net when I can just use a sports engine ? Or a business engine, or a porn engine or my own custom engine where I have turned other, irrelevant niches off in results..
I think that Google is pulling a Microsoft. They are trying to be everything, do everything and dominate, while cutting corners inside their own establishment.
They need to stick to being a search engine. That is what they are and that is what makes them profit.
Myspace DID fail from all the shitty HTML pages I agree but if they would have stuck to being a music based, band blogging platform they would still be successful.
We are lucky that we only have to SEO for one search engine right now. Imagine owning 100 sites and having to SEO for 7 different search engines. That would be a bitch. Google's domination is great for us
Let it be.
Have you used google+ at all ? It sucks.
Point.
Bingo, and I also think that niche searching is also going to be big. Why search all of the Net when I can just use a sports engine ? Or a business engine, or a porn engine or my own custom engine where I have turned other, irrelevant niches off in results..
I think that Google is pulling a Microsoft. They are trying to be everything, do everything and dominate, while cutting corners inside their own establishment.
They need to stick to being a search engine. That is what they are and that is what makes them profit.
Myspace DID fail from all the shitty HTML pages I agree but if they would have stuck to being a music based, band blogging platform they would still be successful.
We are lucky that we only have to SEO for one search engine right now. Imagine owning 100 sites and having to SEO for 7 different search engines. That would be a bitch. Google's domination is great for us
Let it be.I think you just can't compare Facebook and Google head on. One must consider the product that the site is promoting. The target audience catered by these two online giants will make all the difference.
