Comments on: Is Google running out of gas?

By: Google user, Anywhere in the world

Google user, Anywhere in the world — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:27:55 +0000

my school project was to buy stocks and wait it for 3-4 months of time. i bought google when it was $692, now it dropped to $400. I think google should allow banner for ad since picture attract more people

By: Jason Berkes

Jason Berkes — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:43:54 +0000

Google rocks. It is now time to buy Goog. They are ready to have another run.

Thanks

Jason Berkes

By: Bob, Omaha, NE

Bob, Omaha, NE — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:27:31 +0000

Google is only good for search – but I get the same thing from Yahoo. At least Yahoo has some cool community things like Yahoo Groups and, my favorite, Yahoo Answers!

Yahoo Answers is addictive – and I could spend hours on Answers because it is so addictive. Google has nothing like that. Sure, YouTube is fun – but Google isn’t selling ads there. How are they making money?

I haven’t tried Gmail – but my Yahoo account is 8 years old, why would I change. Google maps is cool. Google Checkout – nothing compared to PayPal.

I would buy google if it went below $200 * but it is not worth what it is valued at now. Good luck google.

By: Bill Gates, Seattle WA

Bill Gates, Seattle WA — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:22:16 +0000

Google is so innovative that they only make money from a single product. Microsoft is so uncreative that they make money from (at least) 10 products.

1) Word
2) Excel
3) Windows (various versions)
4) Flight Sim
5) PowerPoint
6) Publisher
7) SQL Server
Access
9) Age of Empire (various versions)
10) Microsoft keyboard

Should I go on?

By: Vince

Vince — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:11:51 +0000

Waiting to buy goog at $250. Any day now.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:29:44 +0000

I think google has to convert its 20% pass time products like News,Docs, email… into real Enterprise (or consumer) products – On Demand or Sellable.

well if i’m thinking about this, the great minds @ google might well be into plan of action already. who knows…thats for the stock holder to worry..
I still can’t afford Google stock for $400

By: Paul Fresno, CA

Paul Fresno, CA — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:12:10 +0000

Seriously, saying that Google should sell a product like Apple or Amazon in order to be a real company… are you stupid or just trying to be funny? Real companies sell things like advertising every day and make real money. Advertising is a necessary component to our economic system – in whatever forms it takes.

And as for Apple being the “gold standard” – please, they are just like Google, and for that matter any trend setting company – they are prone to fads, style, and because of that can be subject to a quicker decline when a competitor beats them to the punch. Granted with their size (both Apple and Google) replacing or displacing them will be difficult, but no business is immune to competition.

These are two very innovative companies, and if they continue to bring value and style in the way they have done so in the past, both will continue to flourish.

By: Kris, Houston, TX

Kris, Houston, TX — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:46:47 +0000

I am a gmail, google, maps, etc user for many years now, but haven’t clicked on a single text ad. I don’t see any value addition in doing that. I think, if GOOG has to improve it’s ad revenue, it has to start sharing a % of profit with people like you and me by giving discounts on products we buy thro’ it’s websites .

By: Brian, Columbus, OH

Brian, Columbus, OH — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:50:06 +0000

Google is not in trouble, MICROSOFT is in trouble.

Want to see a stock tank? When that one goes below $25 a share, a LOT of people are going to get out fast.

Microsoft can’t innovate it’s way out of a paper bag. Never could. Google is a true innovator, second only to Apple IMHO.

By: Ian, Canton, OH

Ian, Canton, OH — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:44:40 +0000

As a consumer, I don’t see this article making much sense. I’m a gmail user and even I am impressed with the kinds of ads Google hits me with. It kind of freaked me out at first that it was reading my email, and putting up ads based on the things I’m discussing. But the ads are remarkable, showing me many useful retailers based on my hobbies and interests. Contrast that with Hotmail, who continues to try to sell me an online education or a birth control patch (Hotmail doesn’t even know that I’m a man with a Bachelors degree). Additionally, gmail has excellent spam filters.
Also, Google’s committment to a free internet resounds with a lot of people, I think.

By: Simon - Sydney, Australia

Simon - Sydney, Australia — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:41:07 +0000

The Data Google has from searches Worldwide,gives Google chance to offer Premium 1 on 1 ads on PC,Mobiles & soon TV to people as Google knows so much on What & How we think & over the years, now Companies will pay Big $$ to get results.
Goog will be doing $4b net Qtrs before 2010.

E:mavenglobal@gmail.com

By: Alec G, Oakland, California

Alec G, Oakland, California — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:44:03 +0000

The reality of matter is, google is a great company but their stock is NOT worth + $450, There is a lot of hype and speculation so far that drove them here. The reality of matter is in history of mankind ONE entity/company/business/organization have never been jack of all trades. But Today google is trying to be the jack of all trades, from searching anything you can think of online to news, blogs, email, online payment, classified, videos, keeping track of medical records, wireless business, renewable energy business and blah blah blah … they just trying to be anything and everything and simply they will be loosing their core competency as competition builds up and new innovation will challange their search model. They need to stay focus on search and delivering relevant/value added information to consumer searching online. This is gone be an issue for them as advertiser’s excitment on adwords will fade away to something more vertical and meaningful that can be quantified into more robust transaction. Google is charging advertisers above and beyond imagination and I strongly believe that they will loose their advantage sooner than later. A click is a click whether its coming from google or from somewhere else but when advertisers find the same click for significantly less dollar or more definied clients, they will shift gear. This is why you see a slow down in growth in google’s ad sales, not all of it is because new advertisers are NOT coming on board as fast, but because many of the existing advertisers are going away or reducing their marketing campaign and trying alternative/cheaper/more focused/more relevant venues to reach their target audience.
It is an old story as businesses with fat margins make lot of money, more competition show up in door with better price, more improved product/service and start commodotizing the business and grind it to the point that the margin becomes razor thin (Ex: Retail, food manufacturing, personal computer and every established business out there) the longer the industry is around the more competitive it is…the only difference is Google, Yahoo, MSN are in a business that the rate of tranformation is supersonic …. Look up for more competition ….

By: ad man, NJ, USA

ad man, NJ, USA — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:47:24 +0000

When AMZN was only selling book, we thought it will not be there long. But later it started selling everything, we thought it would be there for long, login…

$700+ (Oh, now is $471) for a compay did NOT make anything but sell ads?

Please, do something solid like AMZN when you still have the big $ or soon your $ will not be there

By: Mike, Ottawa Ontario

Mike, Ottawa Ontario — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:22:50 +0000

Google is really good at making things that work. Just look at GMail, nothing works better in my opinion. If ad revenue falls they will make their paid services like Google Apps Enterprise pick up the slack. I think they are way over valued, but they are a company that make products that actually improve your life.

I have used Apple products and I just don’t see any features that are value added. Many are star struck by them now, but Apple will suffer bad when people realize that eye candy does not improve your life. When I sit in front of my computer, I generally have a job to do and could care less about dancing icons, fan shapes and huge preview graphics. Google actually helps me get my job done, Apple just makes me click my mouse more.

By: HPR, Cupertino, CA

HPR, Cupertino, CA — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:16:16 +0000

I agree with what most others are saying about Google. All human beings have a built-in aversion to advertisements. In fact, I see that the TV ads have gone up like crazy these days and my TV viewing hours have got drastically reduced as a result of that. Similarly, internet browsing is a new habit that humans have cultivated in the past decade or so and the chances of clicking on an ad is inversely proportional to my browsing skills. So, over the time, ad revenues have to come down. Added to that, the issue of fraudulent clicks, money suckers like YouTube, Google Maps, and pampering of employees etc., would definitely affect Google’s bottomline.

I see the same thing in social networking as well. No technology can force people to be in touch with others… Facebook, MySpace, Orkut etc., are just a fad and the interest will die down soon. So far, the only networking tool that I found to have some substance is LinkedIn – certainly helps head hunters and job seekers.

By: sanjay raj shrestha, granbury, Texas

sanjay raj shrestha, granbury, Texas — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:59:17 +0000

I really used to think Google advertising technique was cool, but, nowadays I avoid going to the website with Google Adwords on it. It’s annoying. I sure it’s not only me who thinks this way. I still love the search engine though.

By: Russ Salt Lake Utah

Russ Salt Lake Utah — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:30:32 +0000

Yahoo one time had a market cap of over 100 billion and then reality came in. So will be with google. I still can’t believe people are clicking as many ads as they are. I almost never click on an ad when I use either Yahoo or Google. I get enough ads on TV, driving home with billboards, and other places that I don’t want to encourage the behavior when I am on the computer. It would be great if there as a browser that could filter out all ads.

By: nelly, flushing, NY

nelly, flushing, NY — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:27:06 +0000

i think both google and apple are companies that will remain in the limelight for a good number of years to come..google is king of searches and apple’s king of portable music player

By: Gabriel, Miami FL

Gabriel, Miami FL — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:29:09 +0000

This is the problem when you base your entire business model on “not-so-solid ground”. This was never a genious model, it’s an advanced form of consumer deception. It has amazed me over the years how can any company get away with:

1-Revenue from Sponsored links when ?% of the Visitors do not know those are paid links. I’ve seen reports of up to 27%.

2-ClickFraud (?%)… Last month, Click Forensics said that the overall industry average click fraud rate reached 16.6% in the fourth quarter of 2007, up from 14.2% during the fourth quarter of 2006.

Google is by all means a pioneer in highly relevant search but if any brick + mortar would have made billions in large part because of #1 & #2, they would have been long gone with litigation.

my personal 2c.

By: Anonymous, New York, NY

Anonymous, New York, NY — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:16:36 +0000

LOL i love it when companies goes up and then down and people get all frantic haha i love that people can leave comments on articles so i can read all of this. Truth is apple was big, then they went down and now they’re going back up again. Google was going up and now they’re down and people are jumping at ‘em.. LOL like a company always goes up and never goes down or something HAHAH… idk maybe its just me but i get a kick out of people who seem to think that companies always go up and never go down and if they start going down that means they’re on the slope to disappear… anyway im rambling and so i have become one of those people that think what i say is good enough it should be read LOL so read on and enjoy it haha…