Will Google Die if the U.S. Economy Collapses?

[iloveRP.com]

Please, don't die Google. But what if the US economy collapses? Will Google survive in the crash?

[infogle]

i hope it will definitely... as the staff cut is one more option to track down the expenses and also google is not only depended on US market. Its world over ...

So, i dont think google will have any problem....

[digitman]

If(when) US economy collapse, it wiil be disaster to a lot's of companies in the world. Not good for Google too.

[airraid81]

Yes, because people will continue to search the internet, and affiliates will continue to sell cheap, digital, and other products that do well in bad economies. They won't have as many big brand names paying as much to search, but they will still make a lot of money, and they're in a better position than most businesses since online advertising and sales is cheaper than in stores.

[jakomo]

Hello,
Do not worry people, all will be right Do not worry about US economy sometime someone win, sometime someone lose, when someone is loosing there are many people winning No panic!

[Grim_Reaper]

that actually....is a nice question....
but us webmasters can never answer it well. We are not economists or market predictors
so sorry but everyone is majorly guessing...
cheers

[Adulu]

Google not bank, google would be fine.

[SoulfulDude]

Guys, I think Google would be fine. It's mostly banks and financial institutions that are collapsing. No sign of technology companies suffering yet

[iloveRP.com]

According to smart economic analysts, a collapse of the US economy will have a ripple effect on many US-based companies, triggering a massive debacle of American firms, including technology firms.

However, in the wake of the Lehman bankruptcy, things just got worse and more dominos fell ... AIG, Washington Mutual, Wachovia, etc. - Paul La Monica, CNN Money

[jellybeanz]

Google has the size, dominance and deep pockets to ride out the storm.

[raphnix]

I think Google will not submerge with US Economy. Lot of users too in Europe that prefer the search engine. Also in Asia. Though Yahoo really have the most promotion in Asian countries.

[digitman]

Originally Posted by raphnix

I think Google will not submerge with US Economy. Lot of users too in Europe that prefer the search engine. Also in Asia. Though Yahoo really have the most promotion in Asian countries.

Everything revolves around US dollar, not around users in europe or asia.

[abercrombie]

google will not collapse any time soon. the stock is way off its highs but that doesn't have anything to do with a collapse.

[dairyman]

Google will definitely be affected by the slump in the US economy but won't die; its profits will go down and also it will cut down the number of employees as an economy measure, so too the webmaster's income...

[sachin410]

Google will survive.

It has strong cash flows and doesn't rely on external funding (debt) for daily operations.

Also, it is working hard to diversify across geographies and this will prove to be a good long-term strategy.

Its profits will surely get affected as a big chunk of its revenues still comes from the US.

[fsmobilez]

Yes i agree google will not be effected too much as they have personal capital and also they are leaders on net so definetly they reserves and google source of income is adwords and adwords is targeting whole world not limited to U.S

[theworldwinner]

Originally Posted by xjessie007

Google is in the advertisement and margeting business which as an anti-cyclical industry. If the economy goes down, companies spend more on advertising and marketing to try to sell more when the sales are going down. This means that the current state of the economy should be good time for Google.

more profit to google means more profit to us

[sean3]

i fear, google will have to cut down its expenses, google will suffer blow, but far from closing down

[angilina]

I think Google will survive but yeah, every body will be affected negatively including Google. If that happens, we will see much lower adsense payouts.

[hosty-crocodile]

I highly doubt Google will die because of the US Economy, they are popular throughout the world and they have a huge amount of money anyway. They will survive.