Comments on: How much of Google do you use? http://www.flatearthventures.com/post/62 Serial Tech Entreprenuering Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: FlatEarthVentures.com » I’m not the only one that thinks Google is for search only http://www.flatearthventures.com/post/62/comment-page-1#comment-37 FlatEarthVentures.com » I’m not the only one that thinks Google is for search only Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:26:52 +0000 http://www.flatearthventures.com/?p=62#comment-37 [...] A while back I wrote that Google is trying to do too much and hardly succeeding at anything other than search. [...] [...] A while back I wrote that Google is trying to do too much and hardly succeeding at anything other than search. [...]

]]> By: Lorenz Sell http://www.flatearthventures.com/post/62/comment-page-1#comment-16 Lorenz Sell Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:20:59 +0000 http://www.flatearthventures.com/?p=62#comment-16 Another service that everyone uses is Google Maps which pretty much single handedly revolutionized internet mapping services. Also, you'd be surprised by how many people actually use Google SMS. I've seen seriously non technical people surprise the hell out of me when they reach for their mobile phone to do a Google search. In many ways, Google is the anti-microsoft. Where as MS waits for others to innovate, sees what sticks, then copies, Google does all the innovation themselves, sees what sticks, then monetizes it. All things considered, they actually have a very robust model. Despite the large number of services they come out with, 70% of their resources still go to the search engine and core revenue generating projects. The model is working so well for them, the even MS has tried to do some innovation (http://spaces.msn.com/rayozzie/blog/cns!FB3017FBB9B2E142!285.entry?_c11_blogpart_blogpart=blogview&_c=blogpart#permalink) and they're even developing an advertising subsidized model of their own. As for Google stock, the lower it goes the more i buy. Another service that everyone uses is Google Maps which pretty much single handedly revolutionized internet mapping services. Also, you’d be surprised by how many people actually use Google SMS. I’ve seen seriously non technical people surprise the hell out of me when they reach for their mobile phone to do a Google search.

In many ways, Google is the anti-microsoft. Where as MS waits for others to innovate, sees what sticks, then copies, Google does all the innovation themselves, sees what sticks, then monetizes it. All things considered, they actually have a very robust model. Despite the large number of services they come out with, 70% of their resources still go to the search engine and core revenue generating projects. The model is working so well for them, the even MS has tried to do some innovation (http://spaces.msn.com/rayozzie/blog/cns!FB3017FBB9B2E142!285.entry?_c11_blogpart_blogpart=blogview&_c=blogpart#permalink) and they’re even developing an advertising subsidized model of their own. As for Google stock, the lower it goes the more i buy.

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