I tend to believe it's not a race anymore, and having a strategy is the start of the end. Google should utilize it's manpower on something visionary. I guess

I tend to believe it's not a race anymore, and having a strategy is the start of the end. Google should utilize it's manpower on something visionary. I guess I wait for the time, Neal Stephenson's metaverse becomes reality. With all the expertise in gmaps, search and scale, add some kinect to the mix, and buy second life for a change, and you could get very close. Create a new exciting virtual place/space, and the crowd will show up. I can only hope they are working on something good. Just another gmail feature, or some +1 clutter in my search window will not fix this. Google was never the fun place on the web, only a tool to get a job done, and with every year, that brand become more of burden to even enter anything social.