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right. they can be cheery because they're Google...

• jwilliams 18y ago
  Google don't live in a vacuum - without new content, new advertisers, new businesses, new users, new ideas, they'll stagnate. If Google is happy, then I think that's a good indicator for everyone upstream and downstream.
  • tptacek 18y ago
    And if Google said they were unhappy, their stock would plummet, so I don't think we have anything to go on here.
    • jwilliams 18y ago
      Well yeah - but it was more in response to "Google can be upbeat because they're Google and nothing can harm them". This simply isn't true. Also, companies will tend to give out warnings if their business is coming under pressure (a lot of the time, but there are some pretty obvious counter-examples). The market is pretty brutal with nasty surprises.
  • helveticaman 18y ago
    >without new content, new advertisers, new businesses, new users, new ideas, they'll stagnate. Or put another way, with diminishing content, crumbling advertisers, few new businesses, few ideas, and no new users, they'll get hurt.