floyd007
join:2004-06-07
Richmond, VA
| reply to openbox9
Re: Google....
Google, like other companies in the past are attempting to entrench their hooks into everything and like the powers of the old, that does not work. You should stay to your "bread and butter" not attempting to be an electrical company, internet company, cable company, phone company, OS company.
I assure you Google will eventually fail and its company will plunder in its net worth because they are spreading their forces way too thin and encroaching on seasoned companies territories such as Verizon, At&T, Microsoft, Time Warner etc., |
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jap
Premium
join:2003-08-10
038xx
 ·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | said by floyd007  :Google, like other companies in the past are attempting to entrench their hooks into everything and like the powers of the old, that does not work. You should stay to your "bread and butter" not attempting to be an electrical company, internet company, cable company, phone company, OS company. I strongly disagree with your assessment that Google does stray. Their model is consistent: search for and deploy systems that profile individual behaviors, merge that data with sets from other projects and profile consumption patterns. It's an astoundingly valuable data aggregation that improves with every diversification.
Even projects with high standalone social benefit like Google Earth and Street View generate contributing behavioral data. Assemble the myriad sources and it's downright frightening how comprehensive and durable a profile becomes.
All the research shows we humans simply do not vary behavior in the short or medium term and that the low percentage of us who are likely to alter behavior in the longterm are easily identifiable in advance. I'd kill to know how many PHD behavioral scientist Google has on staff and what algorithm designs they influence. Or dictate. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| I personally don't think you need a PHD to figure out human nature. I do agree with your assessment about Googles ability to form comprehensive profiles though. The value of such information is priceless to business entities.
My problem is just which business entities get it, and whom oversees that decision!
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floyd007
join:2004-06-07
Richmond, VA
| reply to jap
You change your mind in about five to seven years when this model collaspes. And it most likely will because when "people or entities do not learn from history they are doomed to repeat it." An old saying. This has failed before in history Google is no exception.
Sorry, you are mistaken in your analysis mate. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T Yahoo
·AT&T DSL Service
·Cox HSI
| reply to floyd007
I see no signs that Google "is spreading themselves too thin."
What I see is a company that diversifies and seemingly takes the attitude "Try everything interesting." Look at it this way. 10 ideas may fail and go down in flames. And then 1 hits and is the next big thing.
Companies that don't try die.
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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tdouglas22
join:2001-09-25
Memphis, TN
| reply to floyd007
said by floyd007 :You change your mind in about five to seven years when this model collapses. And it most likely will because when "people or entities do not learn from history they are doomed to repeat it." An old saying. This has failed before in history Google is no exception. Sorry, you are mistaken in your analysis mate. Suuuuure. Keep on talking buddy. Google's not going anywhere. We'll see who changes what when this actually turns into a positive revenue generating venture. |
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niblifar
join:2004-02-12
Ohio
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to floyd007
said by floyd007 :Google, like other companies in the past are attempting to entrench their hooks into everything and like the powers of the old, that does not work. You should stay to your "bread and butter" not attempting to be an electrical company, internet company, cable company, phone company, OS company. By your logic Microsoft will eventually fail as well since they're noodling their tentacles in other ventures.
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