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Presumably one of the most important initiatives at Google outside of search has got to be Google Docs. Having a platform for people to create and edit document
by apu 17y ago
Presumably one of the most important initiatives at Google outside of search has got to be Google Docs. Having a platform for people to create and edit documents on the web has to have been seen as a critical feature.
Why? It's not at all clear to me why Docs should be "one of the most important initiatives at Google." Since advertising brings in the lion's share of Google's revenues, their priorities are probably:
1. Search - where most of the advertising money currently comes from
2. Android - where most of the advertising money will eventually come from
Also, considering that google's enemy-du-jour is now Apple, not MS, I wouldn't be surprised if Docs has slipped even further down the priority list.
- kno 17y agoA huge company like Google can not only rely on search and people liking their search to survive. They are always looking over their shoulder at this point, looking out for any new "Cool" company that will threatens their search bread. I think folks at Google are a bit worry at this time because the only reason why people still go for Google instead of Yahoo is still mostly the Cool Factor and likability thing; that is not a solid platform for a company to rely on. So I think with Docs Google tried hard as they do every day to position themselves outside of search. It’s like a great singer with only one popular song, who tries hard to come up with new stuff without convincing his fans.