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There is clearly a Google-risk in many markets -- especially those dealing with content and aggregation. It's hard to compete with the massive scale that Googl
by neovive 17y ago
There is clearly a Google-risk in many markets -- especially those dealing with content and aggregation. It's hard to compete with the massive scale that Google has at its fingertips. They can quickly enter many markets, outside of their core, if they choose to do so. Most of the time (but not always) they will become a major competitor. Think GMail, Voice, Mobile Maps, etc.
- biznerd 17y agoFor many terms as well they're featuring Youtube at the top . So not only are they getting users to ignore organic SEO results. They're driving traffic to their properties.
- landyman 17y agoThat's the point though, right? They show results for Youtube, Google Maps, Google News, etc. so they can keep you on their websites to look at more ads. The more ads they show, the more money they get.
- mattmanser 17y agoI wonder how long it will take them to get slapped by someone though? In the UK papers have to clearly identify adverts if presented in an editorial format. Why do google get away with presenting adverts as search results without clearly identifying them? A greyed out 'sponsored link' in the right hand corner is just pathetic, I bet most users don't even understand what that means.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoThat's how US papers identify advertisements, too. Fortune has a multi-page article on how effective corporate jets are (it actually has about as much data and case studies as a typical Fortune article), and that piece has a modest "Special advertising section" header. However, organic and natural results are both the result of spending money and effort; the only difference is the that you can get high organic results without much money, if you have a lot of time.
- dimas 17y agoIt might take a while before Google get negative wide spread reaction or loose of revenue just due their reputation build over the years and innovative drive. However, in competitive market and emerge of hungry start ups looking for new business it might come as an opportunity for others
- mattmanser 17y agoNot sure why this was downvoted, good point I think
- nostrademons 17y agoDo you remember what Web 1.0 was like before Google? Search engines would often mix sponsored links into their results with no indication at all that the link had paid for their placement. Google at least puts them in a separate section of the page, labeled.
- skinnymuch 17y agoGoogle wasn't the first to do that.