Comments on: The Google economy, indeed http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: FC http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384852 FC Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:11:45 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384852 “Where’s all this great stuff coming from? It’s not really coming out of IBM. It’s coming out of little two and three man companies, because they’re finding out that forty guys can’t do something that three people can do. It’s just the law of human nature.” Roger Smith 1. Lots of Startups "So my first prediction about the future of web startups is pretty straightforward: there will be a lot of them. When starting a startup was expensive, you had to get the permission of investors to do it. Now the only threshold is courage." 9. Lots of Competitors "If it gets easier to start a startup, it's easier for competitors too. That doesn't erase the advantage of increased cheapness, however. You're not all playing a zero-sum game. There's not some fixed number of startups that can succeed, regardless of how many are started." http://www.paulgraham.com/webstartups.html Google is proof positive that startups are economically viable. Once big, a company isn't interested in competition. Without competition you end up in an economic crisis. With http://rollyo.com/ you don't need Google. ""Liable to swamp you with irrelevant results, Google can be a lottery for those looking for a particular nugget of information. A more refined search engine is www.rollyo.com, which allows you to define groups of trusted sites to search and share them with others, just like the Will and Grace star Debra Messing has with her Style Shops list."" The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ It's a two or three man search engine vs. GM search engine. “Where’s all this great stuff coming from? It’s not really coming out of IBM. It’s coming out of little two and three man companies, because they’re finding out that forty guys can’t do something that three people can do. It’s just the law of human nature.” Roger Smith

1. Lots of Startups

“So my first prediction about the future of web startups is pretty straightforward: there will be a lot of them. When starting a startup was expensive, you had to get the permission of investors to do it. Now the only threshold is courage.”

9. Lots of Competitors

“If it gets easier to start a startup, it’s easier for competitors too. That doesn’t erase the advantage of increased cheapness, however. You’re not all playing a zero-sum game. There’s not some fixed number of startups that can succeed, regardless of how many are started.”
http://www.paulgraham.com/webstartups.html

Google is proof positive that startups are economically viable. Once big, a company isn’t interested in competition. Without competition you end up in an economic crisis. With http://rollyo.com/ you don’t need Google.

“”Liable to swamp you with irrelevant results, Google can be a lottery for those looking for a particular nugget of information. A more refined search engine is http://www.rollyo.com, which allows you to define groups of trusted sites to search and share them with others, just like the Will and Grace star Debra Messing has with her Style Shops list.”"
The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/

It’s a two or three man search engine vs. GM search engine.

]]> By: Chris O'Brien http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384424 Chris O'Brien Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:46:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384424 I'm always a little uneasy when folks starting talking about a "new economy" and how certain people Just Don't Get It. We've heard that before during the previous round of non-sense in the late 90s. It turned out we did get it, and that all those "new economy" companies were, in fact, subject to the same laws of gravity as "old economy" companies. Google had a fine quarter. But why? If you look closely, it was in large part because they focused on cost containment. The slowed hiring. They're looking more closely at expenses. That's classic, short-term thinking. Costs this quarter to goose their margins to making analysts happy. If Google really had invented a new economy, they would have stuck to their stated principals and kept their eyes on the long term and not worried about whether or not they exceeded someone else's expectations of what they should deliver this quarter. I’m always a little uneasy when folks starting talking about a “new economy” and how certain people Just Don’t Get It. We’ve heard that before during the previous round of non-sense in the late 90s. It turned out we did get it, and that all those “new economy” companies were, in fact, subject to the same laws of gravity as “old economy” companies.

Google had a fine quarter. But why? If you look closely, it was in large part because they focused on cost containment. The slowed hiring. They’re looking more closely at expenses. That’s classic, short-term thinking. Costs this quarter to goose their margins to making analysts happy. If Google really had invented a new economy, they would have stuck to their stated principals and kept their eyes on the long term and not worried about whether or not they exceeded someone else’s expectations of what they should deliver this quarter.

]]> By: JetPunk http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384413 JetPunk Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:45:24 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384413 Google dominates because they are better than everybody else. Even if advertising dries up due to a poor economy, Google will be the last to lose advertisers. Google dominates because they are better than everybody else. Even if advertising dries up due to a poor economy, Google will be the last to lose advertisers.

]]> By: WebMetricsGuru » The Google Economy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384354 WebMetricsGuru » The Google Economy Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:52:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384354 [...] now, according to Jeff Jarvis in a post on The Google economy, indeed Google does indeed have its own economy. It’s latest results: The Web search leader reported [...] [...] now, according to Jeff Jarvis in a post on The Google economy, indeed Google does indeed have its own economy. It’s latest results: The Web search leader reported [...]

]]> By: Jon Kay http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384323 Jon Kay Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:53:10 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384323 The best-run companies in each field often do best when times are rough, simply by sticking closest to plan, having little trouble controlling costs, and nabbing the customers everybody else tends to lose. The same's been true of discount carriers Ryanair and Southwest for decades, despite the hardships of bein an air carrier today. And it was true of Dell before Dell stepped aside only to find he'd given his chair to somebody not up to the job. The best-run companies in each field often do best when times are rough, simply by sticking closest to plan, having little trouble controlling costs, and nabbing the customers everybody else tends to lose.

The same’s been true of discount carriers Ryanair and Southwest for decades, despite the hardships of bein an air carrier today. And it was true of Dell before Dell stepped aside only to find he’d given his chair to somebody not up to the job.

]]> By: Kataweb.it - Blog - Cablogrammi di Massimo Russo » Blog Archive » Google, ecco perché i profitti battono la crisi http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384303 Kataweb.it - Blog - Cablogrammi di Massimo Russo » Blog Archive » Google, ecco perché i profitti battono la crisi Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:16:03 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384303 [...] con le regole dell’economia del passato, mentre siamo di fronte a un animale per il quale le leggi che conoscevamo non valgono più. Le regole fisiche della gravità della crisi, che tutto fa precipitare, non vigono per la [...] [...] con le regole dell’economia del passato, mentre siamo di fronte a un animale per il quale le leggi che conoscevamo non valgono più. Le regole fisiche della gravità della crisi, che tutto fa precipitare, non vigono per la [...]

]]> By: Ken http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384296 Ken Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:36:36 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384296 Hopefully it will fare better than the last New Economy. It seems more like a better mouse-trap. The mice are fewer and leaner, so trap sales are declining, but the lousy ones are getting cut first. I will say however that I'm impressed Google has an economist, and that they figure prominently in their corporate communications. It reminds me of McDonalds, the restaurant. And old brick-and-mortar institution, but they also leveraged quantitative economic analysis in their selection of restaurant locations, back in the 80's I believe, to great success. UPS and FedEx likewise have become masters of route optimization. In those cases however, the significant contributions of economists and scientists in what one might otherwise assume is an area of the business run by bland MBAs is largely hidden, whereas Google places them front-and-center. Hopefully it will fare better than the last New Economy. It seems more like a better mouse-trap. The mice are fewer and leaner, so trap sales are declining, but the lousy ones are getting cut first. I will say however that I’m impressed Google has an economist, and that they figure prominently in their corporate communications. It reminds me of McDonalds, the restaurant. And old brick-and-mortar institution, but they also leveraged quantitative economic analysis in their selection of restaurant locations, back in the 80’s I believe, to great success. UPS and FedEx likewise have become masters of route optimization. In those cases however, the significant contributions of economists and scientists in what one might otherwise assume is an area of the business run by bland MBAs is largely hidden, whereas Google places them front-and-center.

]]> By: And they have a plan « Mordennau http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384295 And they have a plan « Mordennau Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:21:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384295 [...] attesa per i risultati del terzo quarter di Google, che si sono rivelati migliori del previsto. Secondo Jeff Jarvis, gli analisti si aspettavano una performance meno brillante perché non sanno interpretare [...] [...] attesa per i risultati del terzo quarter di Google, che si sono rivelati migliori del previsto. Secondo Jeff Jarvis, gli analisti si aspettavano una performance meno brillante perché non sanno interpretare [...]

]]> By: Gerrit Eicker http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384277 Gerrit Eicker Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:50:09 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384277 I'm with you in general, but I believe it's too early to make a statement about a "new kind of company" or a "new kind of economy": The next two quarters will prove if that's true or not. Smile! Gerrit - <a href="http://We-speak-Online.com/" rel="nofollow">We speak Online.</a> I’m with you in general, but I believe it’s too early to make a statement about a “new kind of company” or a “new kind of economy”: The next two quarters will prove if that’s true or not.

Smile! Gerrit – We speak Online.

]]> By: New Economy « Wir sprechen Online. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/17/the-google-economy-indeed/#comment-384276 New Economy « Wir sprechen Online. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:46:27 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3833#comment-384276 [...] are are not judging Google as a new kind of company in a new kind of economy“; http://is.gd/4eDX [...] [...] are are not judging Google as a new kind of company in a new kind of economy“; http://is.gd/4eDX [...]

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