Comments on: United States of Google http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: dab http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2189 dab Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:26:13 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2189 Advertising is a last century solution. Do you really need someone to tell you what you want? Broadband internet access across fiber optic lines faces regional, ethnic and religious pressure, like cable access. A Google search for the word Democracy, in China comes up nada? Evidently Bill Gates, enemy of the people, and all things technology, helped Bejing set up an Orwellian internet system. Direct marketing and satellite internet connections which integrate with wireless providers in emerging countries, is probably the next wave out. Satellite radio is one key. Emerging market telco companies hold the other key. The local Moolahs, whether they're in Washington or Tehran, can't control the signal in the sky, not until we go to one world goverment any way. Advertising is a last century solution. Do you really need someone to tell you what you want? Broadband internet access across fiber optic lines faces regional, ethnic and religious pressure, like cable access. A Google search for the word Democracy, in China comes up nada? Evidently Bill Gates, enemy of the people, and all things technology, helped Bejing set up an Orwellian internet system. Direct marketing and satellite internet connections which integrate with wireless providers in emerging countries, is probably the next wave out. Satellite radio is one key. Emerging market telco companies hold the other key. The local Moolahs, whether they’re in Washington or Tehran, can’t control the signal in the sky, not until we go to one world goverment any way.

]]> By: CharlesWT http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2149 CharlesWT Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:50:08 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2149 Google is also investing in <a>Broadband over Power Lines</a>. Google is also investing in Broadband over Power Lines.

]]> By: I hear ya http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2138 I hear ya Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:36:24 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2138 I'm definitely with you on the idea that Google will be big. I've already sold my soul for 1 share of GOOG. I am a little resistant, however, to your claim that they are overwhelmingly cocky. The word I would use is confidant. The put the vast majority of their profits into R & D. This gives their stock a low rating, and yet it continues to rise. Any sense of superiority that they may have developed seems to me to be well founded. Someone else some day will superceed Google with a better business plan and practices, but until that day, they have earned their stature. I’m definitely with you on the idea that Google will be big. I’ve already sold my soul for 1 share of GOOG. I am a little resistant, however, to your claim that they are overwhelmingly cocky. The word I would use is confidant. The put the vast majority of their profits into R & D. This gives their stock a low rating, and yet it continues to rise.

Any sense of superiority that they may have developed seems to me to be well founded. Someone else some day will superceed Google with a better business plan and practices, but until that day, they have earned their stature.

]]> By: Robert Feinman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2125 Robert Feinman Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:57:32 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2125 There is already a shared Google monopoly (with Yahoo and MSN) over the search market. The problems with this has to do not with excess profits, or market share, but with the choke point on access to information. If a site is not indexed or misindexed by the big three it effectively doesn't exist. Think of the implications for censorship (as recent deals with China have illustrated). I have a more complete discussion of this on my web site in this essay: http://robertdfeinman.com/society/google_monopoly.html There is already a shared Google monopoly (with Yahoo and MSN) over the search market.

The problems with this has to do not with excess profits, or market share, but with the choke point on access to information. If a site is not indexed or misindexed by the big three it effectively doesn’t exist. Think of the implications for censorship (as recent deals with China have illustrated).

I have a more complete discussion of this on my web site in this essay:
http://robertdfeinman.com/society/google_monopoly.html

]]> By: Eric Jaffa http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2124 Eric Jaffa Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:46:19 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2124 It's a terrible problem that the federal govt keeps breaking up monopolies. For example, they broke up...what? It’s a terrible problem that the federal govt keeps breaking up monopolies.

For example, they broke up…what?

]]> By: Brad Chmielewski http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2121 Brad Chmielewski Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:04:19 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2121 This is going to have to be something to watch. I really don't think they would become this monopoly to break up. If anything, with most of their stuff being open source I could see someone coming it and taking away a million dollar idea. This is going to have to be something to watch. I really don’t think they would become this monopoly to break up. If anything, with most of their stuff being open source I could see someone coming it and taking away a million dollar idea.

]]> By: von http://www.buzzmachine.com/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2120 von Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:01:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/08/15/united-states-of-google/#comment-2120 <i>we’ll be seeing suits and hearings to break up the Google monopoly. The Googlopoly.</i> Hasn't stopped Microsoft... we’ll be seeing suits and hearings to break up the Google monopoly. The Googlopoly.

Hasn’t stopped Microsoft…

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