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Has Google Peaked?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the glory-days dept.

nile_list writes "Robert X. Cringely's latest column explores just what the heck Google could be doing. 'Google likes to play the Black Box game. What are they DOING in all those buildings with all those PhDs?' He concludes that it's likely Google has peaked as a company: 'What if everyone is mainly wrong? What if search and PageRank and AdSense are Google's corporate apex. Most companies would be content with that, but Google isn't supposed to be like most companies. But what if they are?' His conclusion is that 'Microsoft's clearest threat still comes from Apple, though not the way most people expect.' It's an interesting read."

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  1. Blah blah by TupperTrenine · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What if, what if, what if. This article could have been posted when Earth came out, or GMail, or even Desktop Search. There can always be speculation, why now?

  2. Yes by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Next question the does not involve endless futile /. speculation please.

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  3. Re:Of course Google has peaked by WilliamSChips · · Score: 5, Insightful
    That's why they're busily copying every "portal" feature from their superior competitor.
    Maybe that part of Yahoo is better than what Google has, but in most places, Google's offering is better. Email, for example. How much space did Yahoo offer before Gmail? 10 megabytes. How much space does Gmail offer as opposed to Yahoo? Google has over twice as much. And feature-wise? Gmail wins hands-down.
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