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Google...because if Google goes down the crapper, that means the crap has really hit the fan. And Google's demise will take thousands of websites with it, who r

by vaksel 18y ago

Google...because if Google goes down the crapper, that means the crap has really hit the fan. And Google's demise will take thousands of websites with it, who rely on adwords, adsense, and getting found in Google search results.

kirse 18y ago
I agree, but so far I'm completely wrong =) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328227 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328227 Then again, I have until Oct. 2010 for that to play out (and I do have money behind my mouth on that one). 2009 is going to be the year for testing Google and its advertising income. They may gain market share from the little guys getting weeded out, but I'm still keenly interested to see how their income and EPS plays out. If they're still holding strong into late '09 and pushing $5 EPS per quarter, well I'll be a tad bit poorer and a little bit smarter.
- Fuca 18y ago
  I think the model its pretty good, one of the most effective ways of advertising is the internet. But I think Google will grow weaker everyday because of competition (But that can take more than 20 years). IMHO the fact that Yahoo had missed so bad on web ads is one of the biggest failures in business history.
jskopek 18y ago
Except google isn't going anywhere; it's one of the pinnacles of advertising success
- vaksel 18y ago
  Never say never...the internet landscape is filled with corpses of websites that people never expected to fail
  - alecco 18y ago
    Silicon Valley is filled with corpses of companies that people never expected to fail. The Googleplex rests in a cementery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googleplex#Facilities_and_history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googleplex#Facilities_and_histo...
    - frisco 18y ago
      Google makes $4 billion in profit on $22 billion in revenue. I'm pretty sure they're not going anywhere. They're more like Microsoft than an internet company now.
tjmc 18y ago
Google aren't going anywhere but what about YouTube? They recieve around 13 new hours of video every minute and that's just uploads! The storage and bandwidth costs must be horrendous. I just can't see how the very light amount of ads they serve could possibly cover the cost of such an operation.

by vaksel 18y ago

kirse 18y ago

I agree, but so far I'm completely wrong =) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328227 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328227 Then again, I have until Oct. 2010 for that to play out (and I do have money behind my mouth on that one). 2009 is going to be the year for testing Google and its advertising income. They may gain market share from the little guys getting weeded out, but I'm still keenly interested to see how their income and EPS plays out. If they're still holding strong into late '09 and pushing $5 EPS per quarter, well I'll be a tad bit poorer and a little bit smarter.

Fuca 18y ago
I think the model its pretty good, one of the most effective ways of advertising is the internet. But I think Google will grow weaker everyday because of competition (But that can take more than 20 years). IMHO the fact that Yahoo had missed so bad on web ads is one of the biggest failures in business history.

jskopek 18y ago

Except google isn't going anywhere; it's one of the pinnacles of advertising success

vaksel 18y ago
Never say never...the internet landscape is filled with corpses of websites that people never expected to fail
- alecco 18y ago
  Silicon Valley is filled with corpses of companies that people never expected to fail. The Googleplex rests in a cementery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googleplex#Facilities_and_history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googleplex#Facilities_and_histo...
  - frisco 18y ago
    Google makes $4 billion in profit on $22 billion in revenue. I'm pretty sure they're not going anywhere. They're more like Microsoft than an internet company now.

tjmc 18y ago

Google aren't going anywhere but what about YouTube? They recieve around 13 new hours of video every minute and that's just uploads! The storage and bandwidth costs must be horrendous. I just can't see how the very light amount of ads they serve could possibly cover the cost of such an operation.