Google's doing fine, they're thinning themselves out for a double in current stock prices in the next 12 months.

Without loss there is no gain.

And I love seeing Google AdSense on this very page.

Oh yeh, like you could do better :p

Next killer app? Oh no, you won't see that happens till we've duplicated all other's offering. We are busy on building *our* calendar, *our* online storage, *our* wordpad. Gosh, so many craps need to be gooplified! Big innovation is way too expensive and why bother to do that. We can always

Not caring about money does not equal no fire on the belly.

There are all kinds of things to be fired up about!

It has to be said, a lot of Google products are not as good as they ought to be and their support of them pathetic.

If they can get all their disparate parts working properly, give them adequate support and successfully stitch the whole lot together, well, we better hope they don't change the company name to SkyNet...

I am a google master searching for the specific queries, are my forte I have googled for two years and love "Googling".


Its the best search navigator on the internet for results its quick fast efficient and provides you with the right answers.

I tend to think their missteps are more along the lines of trying too hard--example, the "access your data anywhere" feature that allows you--and thereby Google--to access all your personal data. I also see the stock price is way overinflated, we all know this, but it doesn't mean the company is going down.

I agree with this artical for the most part.

Google is investing and speading it's assets too far, and it's only a matter of time where something fails and they will fall.

I mean thir search engine really isn't that good anymore, if it fails what will they have left?

Google's global brand dominance cannot be easily replicated.

Also, it has become the Universal 'Assistant' for all sorts of daily search related tasks for billions of people.

Plus it's proposed extensions into multiple language search. (Useful in countries like India with more than 25 + Official languages).

The trend towards Advertising-Revenue driven Software-As-A-Service business model has Google at the forefront.

Plus you have a huge mobile-using population that has not even seen a PC (like in India and China) and Google's services towards the same.

Google will extend their dominance from PC's to other devices (including mobiles) using simplicity as their driving strategic metaphor.

My 2 cents only.

(PS : I have a Google Adsense based website. There could be some possible bias in my viewpoints.)

Mahesh Khatri.
Kaytek, India.

http://www.kaytek.co.in/kconsult.htm

you can say that accessing your data from anywhere is "trying too hard", but microsoft has tried (and failed) at this very same problem.

and the idea of a web-based version of office office is not something microsoft is thrilled about.

Google will rise again right after they buy Sun, and if you think they're not preparing for it now, you seriously need to think again, really, really hard. Google is being true to its motto in buying Sun, and as long as it stays true to its purpose, it will prosper. On the other hand, if it becomes evil, it will probably fall.

No corporate entity is perfect, and all of them go through changes. Google's price per share is fairly high, when compared to its competitors. That being said, I'm not sure why all the speculation, unless there's a covert action by Microsoft to make Google share value fall.

I do not hold any stock. I tend to stick with real estate and futures.

Cheers,

-John Mudd
"Mr. Real Estate"

I block Google's Ads - and the ads of nearly everyone except Apple and Amazon. That way the web is much more pleasing and peaceful.