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the tech-blogs' perception of google is so far off reality. google isn't loosing. google just entered a new market (social) which has a huge barrier of entry, t

the tech-blogs' perception of google is so far off reality. google isn't loosing. google just entered a new market (social) which has a huge barrier of entry, thus they're fighting to get a foot in this door. within their traditional domain (search/advertising) they're unrivaled. all the "google is doomed" talk is based on the potential entry of facebook into the search market. however, this hasn't happened yet and if or whenever it should we'll see how that goes. until then, i'd like to not read the same shit over and over every day on hackernews.

latch 14y ago
The Google is doomed talk is as crazy as the Microsoft is doomed talk. But honestly, I think you are missing the big picture. Search and social are no longer seen as two separate markets. If Google lags or fails are social, it could suffer in search. Much of the content which needs to be indexed (which is to say that people are looking for) is found in social networks, be that Twitter or Facebook. On top of that, your account is 14 days old. Whining about reading "the same shit over and over every day on hackernews" is silly.
glenra 14y ago
Much of the "Google is doomed" talk is based on the mere fact that Google is entering these new markets. Getting spread too thin is the fear. Google could focus just on being the best search engine it can possibly be but it's not doing that, it's trying to do dozens of other things too. Some of those things are innovative and cool (self-driving cars!) but other things seem like stupid me-too efforts (everything they've done so far in "social"). Nobody cares about "the potential entry of Facebook into the search market" - that would just be as big a warning sign for Facebook as Google+ is for Google. Trying to do too many things at once is a good way to do them all badly.

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the tech-blogs' perception of google is so far off reality. google isn't loosing. google just entered a new market (social) which has a huge barrier of entry, t

by peterwiese 14y ago

latch 14y ago
The Google is doomed talk is as crazy as the Microsoft is doomed talk. But honestly, I think you are missing the big picture. Search and social are no longer seen as two separate markets. If Google lags or fails are social, it could suffer in search. Much of the content which needs to be indexed (which is to say that people are looking for) is found in social networks, be that Twitter or Facebook. On top of that, your account is 14 days old. Whining about reading "the same shit over and over every day on hackernews" is silly.
glenra 14y ago
Much of the "Google is doomed" talk is based on the mere fact that Google is entering these new markets. Getting spread too thin is the fear. Google could focus just on being the best search engine it can possibly be but it's not doing that, it's trying to do dozens of other things too. Some of those things are innovative and cool (self-driving cars!) but other things seem like stupid me-too efforts (everything they've done so far in "social"). Nobody cares about "the potential entry of Facebook into the search market" - that would just be as big a warning sign for Facebook as Google+ is for Google. Trying to do too many things at once is a good way to do them all badly.