Hi All I've just read that google has bought like.com (a shopping comparison site). Obviously they will promote this site quite vigorously on search results, via adwords etc. I feel sorry for small shopping sites using adwords or depending on organic search who don't have a chance now and won't be able to compete with google. It seems google's plan is to get involved into everything on the net. A few weeks ago, I heard they were making an offer for IATA (a travel system) used worldwide. Any thoughts/comments?
Great news. Shopping cart part is really a small portion only. Or related with 'like' internet community expansion will seem the big trend ?
I wouldn't agree that others won't be able to compete. In the first place, it's not like they are going to populate positions 1 to 10 with their own links. Then again, they can only put one of their ads on a page according to their own TOS. Nothing to worry about. But then again, I'm not in the shopping business (yet). "13 The lazy man says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!" Proverbs 22:13
No matter what board I am on seems guys are talking about Google buying something or another and declaring gloom and doom. I really would not worry about it because no one is going to make all the money and eat up an industry. I personally feel that Big G might be spreading them self a little to thin now and losing focus on what they were and what worked for them. Now they want to be A shopping site A Social network A search engine A Video Portal etc..... You see where I am going? There will always be niches and no one big or small can be all things to all people ( This is kind of what happened to Yahoo ). So no crystal ball needed as " there is nothing new under the sun " Ecclesiastes 1:9 We keep this going and we can make a business buy the Bible 2 and sell it on Google's latest sites.
You know at the end of the day Google are not some sort of super power. They are internet marketers just like us who are doing really well. They are only people. Who knows, something else may come up, another site or portal where we can make money and we will stop paying so much about Google. To be honest there are so many avenues that I'd definitely worry about this one.
google is like a big bro,no doubt they will make there website highlight on regular basis but google is also run by man not by aliens. there are many search engines who support ad words and i think people like product not like.com
I dunno what they've been waiting for , if i were the owner of google , i would have done that long time ago , I'll check wat's doing good on adwords , start huge website in that niche and promote it via adwords ( wich means , absolute uncompetable advertising ) , and I'll become the king of that niche , Ofcourse that won't be done with only one niche , since google have many employees who can easly do wht I said and find money making systems and just copy it what a world and what a google , I swear i can see google buying ebay , facebook , myspace and the whole World Wide Web. they can do anything !