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Looks like google has hit a gold mine with some algorithm to better sell ads or is under pressure from competitors (Facebook) to gather more data than they have
by murukesh_s 8y ago
Looks like google has hit a gold mine with some algorithm to better sell ads or is under pressure from competitors (Facebook) to gather more data than they have currently.
Their lack of presence in social media will hurt them in the long term. In Facebook you upload pictures, you like stuff, you spend more time on someone's profile, you hover more on an ad even if you don't click all these while you are logged in. Google doesn't have that graph unless they link gmail with search. No one logs into Google search and give their identity, but we do pretty much the same in Facebook.
- angled 8y agoBetween WhatsApp / Facebook Messenger, Facebook Marketplace, and Amazon wishlists, who uses free email to describe what they want to buy or are interested in?
- amf12 8y ago>you upload pictures, you like stuff, you spend more time on someone's profile >Google doesn't have that graph Google has that information from the contacts of all Android phones, Google Photos, etc. Granted they don't probably have the information from iPhones, but then a lot of people don't have or use their FB account too. > No one logs into Google search and give their identity No one here. Most of the non-tech people (and some tech people) do log into Chrome and Google account, which means they are logged into Search too.
- berbec 8y agoAnd remember, logging into any Google service in Chrome now means you're logged into Chrome so more tracking!
- murukesh_s 8y ago> Google has that information from the contacts of all Android phones Not really. Manufacturers like Xiaomi (and I believe Samsung) use their own cloud to sync stuff. > "Most of the non-tech people (and some tech people) do log into Chrome and Google account" That is the recent change right? Like said, google seems desperate to get into that information graph.