Comments on: Is Google becoming too dominant? http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/ Community Building Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Martin Reed - Blog Author http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13895 Martin Reed - Blog Author Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:50:17 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13895 <strong>Harry</strong> - Google are diversifying and expanding in order to protect their revenue streams. The problem is they have such huge capital and power, they can easily push out competition based on their immense resources. In my opinion, Google is becoming more like Microsoft whilst Microsoft is trying to become more like Google. <strong>Smiley</strong> - Google is pretty popular right now as they enjoy great brand value and a positive public perception. I imagine this is how Microsoft started out before they began to abuse their market position. Perhaps I am just being cynical, though????? Harry – Google are diversifying and expanding in order to protect their revenue streams. The problem is they have such huge capital and power, they can easily push out competition based on their immense resources. In my opinion, Google is becoming more like Microsoft whilst Microsoft is trying to become more like Google.

Smiley – Google is pretty popular right now as they enjoy great brand value and a positive public perception. I imagine this is how Microsoft started out before they began to abuse their market position. Perhaps I am just being cynical, though?????

]]> By: Smiley http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13892 Smiley Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:06:39 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13892 I quite like Google if I'm honest. I only want to get rid of Google Adsense because when someone clicks on their ads they leave your site. Whereas with Paid on Results etc you're allowed to add the target="_blank" code. I'm quite trusting of Google. It's my main search engine, my MSN address (GMail), I'll only use Google Checkout because I don't trust Paypal, got my entire Google homepage personalized. Quite sad really huh? LOL Gmail - 6gb of free space. They might be becoming dominant, but they do good with the dominance they get. It's not like they're being stingy! What does Microsoft Hotmail give you these days, 10mb after clicking about 500 pages of "no thanks" to all the little check boxes of junk mail they offer you? .. that's the richest man on earth for you. Wonder if we're going to get Google Broadband or a Google operating system next !! :P I quite like Google if I’m honest. I only want to get rid of Google Adsense because when someone clicks on their ads they leave your site. Whereas with Paid on Results etc you’re allowed to add the target=”_blank” code.

I’m quite trusting of Google. It’s my main search engine, my MSN address (GMail), I’ll only use Google Checkout because I don’t trust Paypal, got my entire Google homepage personalized. Quite sad really huh? LOL

Gmail – 6gb of free space. They might be becoming dominant, but they do good with the dominance they get. It’s not like they’re being stingy!

What does Microsoft Hotmail give you these days, 10mb after clicking about 500 pages of “no thanks” to all the little check boxes of junk mail they offer you? .. that’s the richest man on earth for you.

Wonder if we’re going to get Google Broadband or a Google operating system next !! :P

]]> By: Harry http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13886 Harry Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20:17 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13886 They have started out being a simple search engine and "used" other sites for their search listing, got people use to going to their search engine and now they are competing directly with websites that gave them their foundation - hardly fair ? And as for Yahoo I submitted my site for inclusion with the site description of it being a question and answer forum - 7 months later they bring out Yahoo answers - could be totally unrelated but I have to wonder especially when my site has still not been indexed by Yahoo. They have started out being a simple search engine and “used” other sites for their search listing, got people use to going to their search engine and now they are competing directly with websites that gave them their foundation – hardly fair ?
And as for Yahoo I submitted my site for inclusion with the site description of it being a question and answer forum – 7 months later they bring out Yahoo answers – could be totally unrelated but I have to wonder especially when my site has still not been indexed by Yahoo.

]]> By: Martin Reed - Blog Author http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13185 Martin Reed - Blog Author Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:19:01 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13185 <strong>Macnerdzcare</strong> - The way Google is moving scares me. So many people still talk about Microsoft being anti-competitive but in my opinion, Google is now the biggest overall offender in this regard. Macnerdzcare – The way Google is moving scares me. So many people still talk about Microsoft being anti-competitive but in my opinion, Google is now the biggest overall offender in this regard.

]]> By: Macnerdzcare http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13146 Macnerdzcare Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:37:57 +0000 http://www.communityspark.com/is-google-becoming-too-dominant/#comment-13146 looks like google is really becoming dominant.. i smell anti-trust suits later heheheh looks like google is really becoming dominant.. i smell anti-trust suits later heheheh

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