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I applaud Google's announcement that it will be hosting a Wikileaks server to help stop internet censorship. (yeah right... if Google actually cared about cens
by grandalf 17y ago
I applaud Google's announcement that it will be hosting a Wikileaks server to help stop internet censorship.
(yeah right... if Google actually cared about censorship it would host one... the China stuff is just a graceful way for Google to exit a market that it has failed in).
- weezer 17y agoWhy do I keep hearing it repeated that "Google failed in China?" They are second place but with a sizable market share, 43% to Baidu's 56% according to this link. If your company's goal was to have 100% market share and you 'only' had 43%, would you call yourself a failure? http://gs.statcounter.com/press http://gs.statcounter.com/press
- lenley 17y agoI think it has more to do with the fact goog isn't making a significant amt of money, and growth has flatlined. Beyond that goog is STILL in Hong Kong, and mainland China still has access to the .hk site AFAIK
- grandalf 17y agoFor highly successful companies, it's expected that they will take dominant market share within a reasonable period of time, or else they are viewed as having failed. More importantly, Google's market share in China is symbolic of its ability to repeat its success in the US elsewhere.... this is the foundation of much of Google's current stock price. I asked a Google finance guy what percentage of revenue comes from non-US ads and he got all red and refused to say a word. This is a HOT topic at Google and the firm can't afford to show any weakness whatsoever.