Comments on: The Google Myth Is Over http://www.businesspundit.com/the-google-myth-is-over/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: muckdog http://www.businesspundit.com/the-google-myth-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1600 muckdog Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:49:22 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2904#comment-1600 "The Google" is a great search engine. President Bush likes the maps. But I'll never understand the revenue model where they give away email, blogs, searches, videos, news, financial info, newsgroups, etc. for FREE while having advertisers pay for ads on the webpages. Who reads those ads? Who clicks on those ads? I have no idea. It seems like a big fraud to me. Although I'd like to send my utility company a letter: "Dear Sir/Madam: I realize that you are currently making money by charging for therms and kilowatts. But think of all the money you could make if you gave away the gas and energy for free, and just stuck a bunch of ads in the monthly usage statements. It's working for Google." “The Google” is a great search engine. President Bush likes the maps. But I’ll never understand the revenue model where they give away email, blogs, searches, videos, news, financial info, newsgroups, etc. for FREE while having advertisers pay for ads on the webpages. Who reads those ads? Who clicks on those ads? I have no idea. It seems like a big fraud to me.

Although I’d like to send my utility company a letter:

“Dear Sir/Madam:

I realize that you are currently making money by charging for therms and kilowatts. But think of all the money you could make if you gave away the gas and energy for free, and just stuck a bunch of ads in the monthly usage statements. It’s working for Google.”

]]> By: Olala http://www.businesspundit.com/the-google-myth-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1599 Olala Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:30:01 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2904#comment-1599 There are many other myths around Google, some of my favourites are: "Google Adsense is going to make you millionaire in a couple of months" and "Be careful if your traffic suddenly increases, Google may think that you are doing spamming." Thank God they're just myths. There are many other myths around Google, some of my favourites are: “Google Adsense is going to make you millionaire in a couple of months” and “Be careful if your traffic suddenly increases, Google may think that you are doing spamming.” Thank God they’re just myths.

]]> By: david foster http://www.businesspundit.com/the-google-myth-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 david foster Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:50:57 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com.php5-6.websitetestlink.com/?p=2904#comment-1598 An interesting argument, and I think one that has some truth in it. Groups of software engineers left to themselves will often tend to focus more on things that are directly relevant to their own activities--like re-architecting code to make it easier to maintain, or reimplementing it using the tools du jour--than developing new functionality for external customers. In the specific case of video, I would think there are quite a few pissed-off developers who feel that their product never got a fair chance. An interesting argument, and I think one that has some truth in it. Groups of software engineers left to themselves will often tend to focus more on things that are directly relevant to their own activities–like re-architecting code to make it easier to maintain, or reimplementing it using the tools du jour–than developing new functionality for external customers.

In the specific case of video, I would think there are quite a few pissed-off developers who feel that their product never got a fair chance.

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