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Larry Page has vision and conviction. Exactly what Google has lacked in many ways for a long time.

by staunch 15y ago

ChuckFrank 15y ago
Google has consistently impressed with their fierce strategic determination when entering the market well behind the leader. Examples of their late starts abound such as Gmail, Chrome, G Docs, even their eponymous search engine itself. The thrill of Google moving past competitors in gaining market share has been one of the great business races ever. For these reason, I cherish each time they enter a new market, and follow each and every move with great interest. Certainly Google+ hasn't been their first foray into the Social graph, but it's their latest, and instead of thinking of Wave and Buzz as failures, think of them instead as early social tests leading to better and better execution for each subsequent entrance. While Google may not be the unequivocal winner of the social graph in the long run, I think that it's far too early to bet against them, especially since I think they are going to outmaneuver the current competing champion FB which is essentially a gated community and will likely suffer in the long term because of it. If I was given the choice between the community in the gates, and everything else. I'd be like Google and take everything else. With all that in mind, their vision of freeing the worlds information is currently the one leading the way, and with it will come Google + or Google['+'] or whatever future variant that they offer.
- j_col 15y ago
  > With all that in mind, their vision of freeing the worlds information is currently the one leading the way, and with it will come Google + or Google['+'] or whatever future variant that they offer. Eh, freeing it from whom? From my perspective, they're the ones trying to capture all of the World's information...
  - ericd 15y ago
    They want to index it, but in using that info, it typically sends the user to other sites. Facebook generally tries to discourage leaving Facebook. That's the big difference. It's freeing you to explore the wilds of the web.
    - itswindy 15y ago
      They want to index it, but in using that info, it typically sends the user to other sites. Once upon a time maybe. Now they send people to ads mostly, and Google content.
itswindy 15y ago
Larry Page has vision and conviction. Exactly what Google has lacked in many ways for a long time. To steal people's property (Books), sell illegal drug ads, make ads barely distinguishable from content, push content way down with not relevant content but that is Google's, screw Skyhook illegally...etc. Yeah, vision. Watch for people to fight back. Larry is lucky he isn't in jail http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392062,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392062,00.asp

Larry Page has vision and conviction. Exactly what Google has lacked in many ways for a long time.

by staunch 15y ago

Larry Page has vision and conviction. Exactly what Google has lacked in many ways for a long time.

Google has consistently impressed with their fierce strategic determination when entering the market well behind the leader. Examples of their late starts abound such as Gmail, Chrome, G Docs, even their eponymous search engine itself. The thrill of Google moving past competitors in gaining market share has been one of the great business races ever. For these reason, I cherish each time they enter a new market, and follow each and every move with great interest. Certainly Google+ hasn't been their first foray into the Social graph, but it's their latest, and instead of thinking of Wave and Buzz as failures, think of them instead as early social tests leading to better and better execution for each subsequent entrance. While Google may not be the unequivocal winner of the social graph in the long run, I think that it's far too early to bet against them, especially since I think they are going to outmaneuver the current competing champion FB which is essentially a gated community and will likely suffer in the long term because of it. If I was given the choice between the community in the gates, and everything else. I'd be like Google and take everything else. With all that in mind, their vision of freeing the worlds information is currently the one leading the way, and with it will come Google + or Google['+'] or whatever future variant that they offer.

j_col 15y ago
> With all that in mind, their vision of freeing the worlds information is currently the one leading the way, and with it will come Google + or Google['+'] or whatever future variant that they offer. Eh, freeing it from whom? From my perspective, they're the ones trying to capture all of the World's information...
- ericd 15y ago
  They want to index it, but in using that info, it typically sends the user to other sites. Facebook generally tries to discourage leaving Facebook. That's the big difference. It's freeing you to explore the wilds of the web.
  - itswindy 15y ago
    They want to index it, but in using that info, it typically sends the user to other sites. Once upon a time maybe. Now they send people to ads mostly, and Google content.

itswindy 15y ago

Larry Page has vision and conviction. Exactly what Google has lacked in many ways for a long time. To steal people's property (Books), sell illegal drug ads, make ads barely distinguishable from content, push content way down with not relevant content but that is Google's, screw Skyhook illegally...etc. Yeah, vision. Watch for people to fight back. Larry is lucky he isn't in jail http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392062,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392062,00.asp