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The article to me seems much like the one I read back in 2012, when people were predicting Google's gradual downfall. It's important to note that Google will l

by sidcool 12y ago

The article to me seems much like the one I read back in 2012, when people were predicting Google's gradual downfall. It's important to note that Google will lose people and so will other companies. Talent will migrate out and come in. The article seemed too biased to me. Google's search share might be shrinking, but they have too many strong businesses. In short, there's nothing new in the article, the same has been said before about Google and many other firms.

frostmatthew 12y ago
> Google's search share might be shrinking, but they have too many strong businesses. 90% of their revenue[1] comes from advertising (and 75% of that from ads displayed on their own properties) - I'd consider that one strong business (selling ads), not "many" (selling ads on search, selling ads in gmail, etc.) [1] https://investor.google.com/financial/tables.html https://investor.google.com/financial/tables.html
- nostrademons 12y ago
  Do you consider the major media networks (NBCUniversal, CBS, News Corp) to be in one business - selling ads - or do you consider them to be in many (selling ads on TV, selling ads on websites, selling ads on Internet Video, selling ads on Hulu, selling ads in magazines)?
  - frostmatthew 12y ago
    NBCUniversal makes money through making movies, amusement parks, and selling ads. CBS Corporation is mostly ads, but they're owned by National Amusements so it's really films + ads. News Corp owns HarperCollins (and books seem to be the one thing companies have never decided to stick ads in) so books + ads for them. But to answer your real question, yes I consider all of their "ad businesses" as one business (selling ads). Perhaps I could be convinced that selling ads in magazines is a completely different business than selling ads on TV - but I think it's quite a reach to suggest selling ads on search is completely different than selling ads in gmail.

by sidcool 12y ago

frostmatthew 12y ago

> Google's search share might be shrinking, but they have too many strong businesses. 90% of their revenue[1] comes from advertising (and 75% of that from ads displayed on their own properties) - I'd consider that one strong business (selling ads), not "many" (selling ads on search, selling ads in gmail, etc.) [1] https://investor.google.com/financial/tables.html https://investor.google.com/financial/tables.html

nostrademons 12y ago
Do you consider the major media networks (NBCUniversal, CBS, News Corp) to be in one business - selling ads - or do you consider them to be in many (selling ads on TV, selling ads on websites, selling ads on Internet Video, selling ads on Hulu, selling ads in magazines)?
- frostmatthew 12y ago
  NBCUniversal makes money through making movies, amusement parks, and selling ads. CBS Corporation is mostly ads, but they're owned by National Amusements so it's really films + ads. News Corp owns HarperCollins (and books seem to be the one thing companies have never decided to stick ads in) so books + ads for them. But to answer your real question, yes I consider all of their "ad businesses" as one business (selling ads). Perhaps I could be convinced that selling ads in magazines is a completely different business than selling ads on TV - but I think it's quite a reach to suggest selling ads on search is completely different than selling ads in gmail.