Should Google Spend Less Time on New Products & More on the Search Engine?

Discussion in 'Google' started by adwordaffiliate, Aug 23, 2006.

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Is Google trying to Expand too quickly whilst Neglecting their Search Engine?

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  2. No

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  1. JC007

    JC007 Active Member

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    I think G is trying to find direction. However, G is just a follower and not innovator, G is innovator only in the search arena.
     
    JC007, Aug 26, 2006 IP
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    Orien Active Member

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    I don't think so. Their search engine is already pretty solid and lots of their products are well-designed even though most of them are in beta. I mean, how many people use gmail now? I'd say they're on the right track.
     
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  3. tusen

    tusen Active Member

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    Actually know... it is a gaming site. Not arcade but a fan site for a game.
     
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    primeryder Well-Known Member

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    I guess from my standpoint I would not mind seeing either Yahoo or MSN make gains on the Big G, since it is much (and I mean MUCH) harder to get a site up on G than the others.
     
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  5. tusen

    tusen Active Member

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    not for me... i have 2.5k pages indexed in google and like 100 for yahoo and 50 for msn... and my ranking in google is waaaaaaay better...
     
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  6. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #26
    They are probably bored with search... They seem to have done a pretty good job at doing things with it that other companies don't have the expertise to do (for example Yahoo and MSN still have no clue how to determine the context of a page for things like YPN).

    If they could figure that out, YPN could finally come out of pre-alpha mode (it's almost been a year now). Hell, if they could actually figure out how to do that, that's a few billion dollars/year they could make (and it's not like they don't know it).

    If a search engine can't determine/understand what a page is about, they certainly won't be able to compete with Google even in the web search market.

    Google is light years ahead in their underlying technology, and now they are bored. ;)
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 27, 2006 IP
  7. espionage

    espionage Peon

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    Google seems to be overextending itself into everything they can come up with. While innovation is good, they need to focus more on improving their search results and coming up with better ways of identifying what the user is looking for.
     
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