How Will Google Grow?

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How can Google grow?

How can Google grow? 06/15/2004 07:30 PM

Google is supposed to be going public soon at some sort of fantastically high valuation.  A friend asked "How can they possibly grow into that?  What can they do besides search?"

If Google is to reach and sustain a Microsoft-style valuation perhaps the best way for them to do this is by providing alternatives to what Microsoft provides.  Microsoft is the kind of desktop applications.  You buy software from a store and install it on your machine.  If a new version comes out you figure out how to buy and install an upgrade.  If you get a new computer you spend several days reinstalling all of your applications, probably buying new copies of the ones whose installation CD-ROMs you can't find anymore.  If you're traveling and need to edit a document or spreadsheet, tough luck.  All of your data is trapped on your home or office computer.

In the Internet enthusiasm of the 1990s various people predicted that desktop applications would be replaced by Web-based applications  For most users this has come true in the case of email.  If you're a Hotmail or Google Mail user you can read email from any Internet-connected computer in the world.  There are a fair number of Internet-based photo sharing and database services.  What is then left on one's PC?  Word processing, spreadsheet, and PowerPoint documents.  If Google were to offer a private database service and a suite of reasonably powerful application programs usable from a Web browser, this might be a serious competitor to Microsoft Office.

So that's my prediction:  while Microsoft is trying to replace Google with MSN Search, Google will be trying to replace Microsoft Office with Google Web-based Office.

In maturing market, how can Google grow?

In maturing market, how can Google grow? 08/19/2004 01:00 PM
Search giant will need to innovate as keyword advertising inevitably reaches a plateau.

Google Index Continues to Grow

Google Index Continues to Grow 02/19/2004 02:15 PM
About Web Search Feb 19 2004 6:27PM GMT

Here we grow again!

Here we grow again! 04/01/2005 05:15 PM
As part of its continuing expansion, Spymac is pleased to welcome the newest member of its Business Development Team -- Jennifer Spanbauer. Jennifer joins the Spymac team after having spent the past 10 years in Tokyo, Japan -- Apple’s second largest market -- where she held senior management positions with the Province of Alberta, Canada and Cable and Wireless, plc. She has extensive Internet and telecommunications experience and holds a management degree with a focus on marketing. Jennifer says she was drawn to Spymac because of its international scope. “I’m very excited to join Spymac,” she says. “I love that it has such an international community and I look forward to exploring how people from all over the world use Spymac.” Jennifer can be welcomed at jspanbauer@spymac.com

Grow Your Own 0.3

Grow Your Own 0.3 04/30/2004 09:09 AM
A Content Management System.

Robotics: Grow Up!

Robotics: Grow Up! 06/17/2005 07:12 PM
Lance Ulanoff of PC Magazine says, "Robotics: Grow Up!" and then tells the robotics industry to gets its act together. Lance does a great job in bringing to light what's wrong with the robotics industry by recollecting his experiences with a recent robotics trade show. Sadly, a lot of his points are completely correct. The robotics industry appears to be mired in myopic, over- schooled robotic geeks making piddly wall-detection robots that no one wants nor can they sell. His solution? Simplify your robot and run a cost-benefit analysis to see if it will sell. He says the Roomba meets that cost-benefit criterion. Check out the article to find out more about Lance's interesting observations.

Targeted Ads Grow Up

Targeted Ads Grow Up 12/30/2004 12:05 PM
Clever initiatives in televised advertising are a great step, but TV ads still pale compared to online advertising.

How To Grow HTML

How To Grow HTML 07/09/2004 01:42 AM
Following on some off-blog correspondence, Hyatt and the Safarians look like they’re willing to try a sensible semi-pseudo-namespaced approach. My earlier piece on this provoked a flurry of conversation. Herewith some technical notes, plus words on the culture and politics of adding new tags to our browsers’ diets...

each bud must blossom and grow

each bud must blossom and grow 02/10/2004 02:41 AM
Abby from OK writes:

Do you ever watch Inside the Actor's Studio with James Lipton on Bravo? Sure, the quality has gone down during recent months (Jay Leno?? Wha??), but it's still really interesting to see what Tom Cruise has to say about his 'craft.' Anyway, if you watch the show you know that right before the audience gets a chance to talk to the actor, Lipton asks The Questions™. I thought it would make a cool blog entry to answer them. They're not hard questions and they're actually better if they're rushed through.

I doubt I'll ever get a chance to have Mr. Lipton pose those questions to me, so I went ahead and answered them quickly, with no second-guessing. The answers you read here are the first things that came into my mind.

Can Microsoft Grow Up?

Can Microsoft Grow Up? 04/12/2004 12:54 AM
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer expects to usher Microsoft into its next phase of life: trusted partner. Enterprise execs say they keep looking for signs of increased quality and security in the company's software.

No grow in California

No grow in California 04/12/2004 06:12 PM
USA Today Apr 12 2004 9:51PM GMT

IE defectors grow

IE defectors grow 06/15/2004 04:41 PM
For whatever reason, the number of defectors from Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is growing. Says WinNet Mag's Paul Thurrott offers his alternatives. As for me, I've been quite pleased with Mozilla Firefox after more than a month of daily use....

When Browsers Grow Up

When Browsers Grow Up 01/02/2005 09:25 PM
For 25 years, I've preached the superiority of the PC as an application platform, but times change and reconsideration is in order. The web browser and the infrastructure of the World Wide Web is on the cusp of bettering its aging cousin, the desktop-based graphical user interface for common PC...

Camera phones grow up (a bit)

Camera phones grow up (a bit) 06/29/2004 09:49 PM
ZDNet Jun 30 2004 0:56AM GMT

Can Costco Grow With Death?

Can Costco Grow With Death? 08/19/2004 12:57 PM
The discounter's entry could change the face of the funeral industry.

Browser Tools Must Grow Up

Browser Tools Must Grow Up 07/30/2004 10:06 AM
Internet News Jul 30 2004 2:09PM GMT

H-P says it can grow profits 20% per
year

H-P says it can grow profits 20% per
year 12/09/2003 06:16 PM
USA Today Dec 9 2003 5:31PM ET

Enterprise Wi-Fi Market Set to Grow

Enterprise Wi-Fi Market Set to Grow 11/14/2003 01:48 PM
The Wi-Fi gear market grew 9 percent in the third quarter this year, according to research from the Dell'Oro Group: The author of this report concludes that the market is at a turning point where we may be just about to see significant growth in the enterprise sector. The market for access points for enterprise networks grew 25 percent in the quarter. Until now, the small and home office market has primarily driven growth, he said. I'm not sure we're quite on the cusp of seeing major uptake in the large enterprise sector yet because I still see a lot of confusion, given the wide variety of startups and products available to address enterprise needs. That confusion will clear up with market consolidation but that may not happen for a while. The press release with some more details is here....

Mac virus fears grow

Mac virus fears grow 05/09/2004 12:56 PM

Snooping industry set to grow

Snooping industry set to grow 01/22/2004 03:11 AM
Private firms could soon be helping public bodies snoop on citizens' net and phone use.

Dartmouth to Grow Network

Dartmouth to Grow Network 09/22/2004 12:34 PM
Dartmouth University, known for being an early Wi-Fi adopter, has big growth plans: Administrators are in the process of expanding the network from its original 200 access points to 1,500. The new network will use APs from Aruba and will support 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g. It sounds like Dartmouth is responding to the bandwidth needs of students. Because Dartmouth has been on the leading edge of Wi-Fi, it'll be interesting to watch the university as WiMax products begin hitting the market. Stringing 1,500 APs sounds like a major pain while WiMax would require far fewer base stations....

Tucows continues to grow

Tucows continues to grow 04/21/2004 03:53 PM

The Tucows empire continues to grow.

These folks are gonna be major players - folks!  Congrats to Elliot and Ross.  Now what's going on with Blogrolling.com?

Tucows to Acquire Boardtown. Tucows: ""Boardtown has been very successful identifying the unique needs of ISPs. Provisioning, billing and customer care are critical functions for ISPs, driving the flow of revenue and facilitating the provision of exemplary customer service and the addition of new products"

This is very cool news. I'm extremely excited about this new addition to our lineup and working with the folks at Boardtown.

Congrats to everyone that burned the midnight oil and made this deal happen!
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Mac-maker's Shipments Grow

Mac-maker's Shipments Grow 05/10/2004 07:05 PM
By Macworld UK (via MyAppleMenu)

VIA: CPU shipments to grow 50% this year

VIA: CPU shipments to grow 50% this year 01/07/2004 05:35 PM

Farmers Grow Backsides with Wi-Fi

Farmers Grow Backsides with Wi-Fi 06/18/2004 03:58 PM
Wi-Fi networks on farms should allow farmers to control and monitor more of their operations remotely: Trial projects attempt to show that with farm-wide Wi-Fi coverage, that irrigation, packing, and other parts of a farm's business could be handled through remote control. Eventually, tractors and other devices might be run by wire (or by wireless, as it were). Anthropomorphism abounds: runaway tractors are a risk, but crazy runaway tractors? "What we're really scared of is killing someone if it goes nuts," Pocknee said of the robotic tractors. Likewise, this strange statement needs some explanation: Pocknee can sit in his office and see the position of a 600-foot irrigation system in a nearby field on his computer screen. The system is equipped with a global positioning system to provide its location. A wireless video camera shows how it is operating. Why first thought is "why would an irrigation system move?" and then I realized these are irrigation systems that are rolled over fields. Of course, this kind of automation helps big agribusiness more than small farmers who may be unable to afford the technology investment upfront on a scale where it makes sense. Labor can be less expensive than technology, as certain countries have taught us. I'd like to also see projects in which open-source-flashed Linksys gateways are hooked together for a few hundred dollars on a 100-acre farm than ever more multi-million dollar research investments that let farms be run from hundreds of miles away. [link via Robert Moskowitz]...

Skype Continues to Grow

Skype Continues to Grow 02/01/2005 09:43 PM

Skype creeps under phone giants' radar | CNET News.com

At a time when major U.S. telephone operators are spending billions of dollars to expand, telephone software maker Skype on Tuesday says it's building a global phone network virtually for free.

New renditions of Skype software for Linux and Macintosh operating systems are expected to become available on Tuesday. The new releases are a significant expansion for 17-month-old Skype. Since its debut, Skype's free software only worked on Microsoft devices, though test versions of the Linux and Macintosh software have been available since last year.

EMC: Will Grow Twice as Fast as Market

EMC: Will Grow Twice as Fast as Market 06/10/2004 08:59 PM
Boston Globe Jun 11 2004 1:15AM GMT

Grow Your Own Replacement Bones

Grow Your Own Replacement Bones 08/27/2004 01:22 PM
Slashdot Aug 27 2004 4:17PM GMT

As TVs grow, so do electric bills.

As TVs grow, so do electric bills. 06/17/2005 03:20 PM
The Christian Science Monitor: As TVs grow, so do electric bills. Excellent. I can't wait to start on some low-power HDTV research to go with my low-power Cell research.

one day, i'm gonna grow wings

one day, i'm gonna grow wings 12/02/2003 01:07 AM
How about a LosCon wrap up?

It's time for Linux to grow up

It's time for Linux to grow up 12/04/2003 09:38 AM
ZDNet Dec 4 2003 8:48AM ET

IBM Q1 profit and sales grow

IBM Q1 profit and sales grow 04/15/2004 06:33 PM
IBM reported on Thursday net income and revenue growth in its first quarter of 2004, driven by sales increases worldwide and in the small- and mid-size business market.

Mobile resellers grow

Mobile resellers grow 05/27/2004 03:23 AM
USA Today May 27 2004 6:45AM GMT

IT spending to grow next year

IT spending to grow next year 08/30/2004 03:37 PM
ZDNet Aug 30 2004 7:10PM GMT

Development Tools for PHP Grow Up

Development Tools for PHP Grow Up 06/18/2002 11:19 AM
Zend Studio 2.0 reviewed.

Microsoft says it has room to grow

Microsoft says it has room to grow 07/29/2004 03:26 PM
Software behemoth looks to future at financial analyst conference.

Tumors grow just like animals

Tumors grow just like animals 11/17/2003 05:46 AM
The same equations used to model animal growth also describe the growth of tumors:

As an animal's mass increases, so does the number of cells within it. But the blood supply that feeds those cells grows more slowly. As a result, an increasing proportion of the available nutrients go towards maintaining existing cells rather than the growth of new ones, so the rate of growth slows and ultimately comes to a halt...

When they compared their predictions to the growth of 13 rodent or human tumours, they found the tumours' growth closely followed the same universal law.

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IC sales to grow 6% in 2005

IC sales to grow 6% in 2005 04/16/2005 07:34 PM
ZDNet Apr 16 2005 10:25PM GMT

Japan's production fails to grow

Japan's production fails to grow 08/31/2004 12:36 AM
Japanese industrial production fails to expand for a second month in a row, official figures show.
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GuruNet's Answers.com Now Provides Free
Instant Reference Answers

GuruNet's Answers.com Now Provides Free
Instant Reference Answers 01/05/2005 01:44 PM
Answers.com, GuruNets's site-and-software combination that provides instant reference answers is now free to users.

Google Answers Ads

Google Answers Ads 10/28/2002 06:28 PM
Google Answers is now being featured on the front page. Jesse Ruderman has sent in a list of ads being circulated, which he got by using an Anonymizer: New! Ask your question. Set your price. Get your answer. Try Google Answers. New! Great research. Small fee. Google Answers. New! Too much information? Google Answers can help. New! Need research help? Try Google Answers. Stumped? Ask the researchers on Google Answers for help. Google tracks which had you clicked through on, presumably to figure out which is best....

Is Answers.com the Next Google?

Is Answers.com the Next Google? 02/05/2005 10:08 PM

Google Answers: Just for fun

Google Answers: Just for fun 06/07/2004 10:36 AM
Google Answerer thoroughly debunks "stupid facts" e-mail .. a mission to sort out true from false

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Google IPO Answers

Google IPO Answers 04/30/2004 04:18 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Apr 30 2004 8:29PM GMT

Google Adds Answers

Google Adds Answers 04/07/2005 10:51 PM

Google Answers: What is the matrix?

Google Answers: What is the matrix? 12/02/2003 01:07 AM
Answered for $200.

Yahoo! Answers Google

Yahoo! Answers Google 06/15/2004 03:10 PM
Plus, Schwab's summer doldrums, and Netflix retains edge.

Investors search for answers on Google

Investors search for answers on Google 08/06/2004 01:01 PM
The Australian Aug 6 2004 5:07PM GMT

Google Delivering Factual Answers

Google Delivering Factual Answers 04/07/2005 10:42 PM

Wondir: Google Answers without the
experts

Wondir: Google Answers without the
experts 04/18/2005 04:47 AM
Cory Doctorow: Wondir is an interesting new service that's like Google Answers without the experts: anyone can login and post any question. In addition to the system scraping various likely sources for answers the question, it's also put on a ticker for other Wondir users to reply to as best as they can (there's also a ratings system for users and their answers). The user-base is fairly thin at the moment, so the answers aren't always fast or terrific, but the ticker is a great, voyeuristic look into the queries that are surfacing in the minds of Wondir users:

18 Apr '05, 04:18 (LIT) WHO WAS JESSE OWEN ?
18 Apr '05, 04:17 (SM) What is Blue note flavored with?
18 Apr '05, 04:16 (GAM) when does tomb raider 7 ps2 game come out?
18 Apr '05, 04:13 (PRG) I am 28 weeks pregnant and I am seeing my midwife soon, what sort of things should I be asking at this stage?
18 Apr '05, 04:13 (GSS) where i can get ONGC model question paper
18 Apr '05, 04:12 (PRG) took one 200 ibufren tablet by mistake last night and I am 27 weeks pregnant. Is this ok or should I tell the hospital? ( 1 response )

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Google Adds Quick Answers to Search

Google Adds Quick Answers to Search 04/08/2005 12:11 PM
For once, the roles have reversed and Google is taking a page from Microsoft's playbook. The search giant on Thursday added a featured called Google Q&A to search queries, which provides facts and answers to questions above results. Microsoft added a similar feature to its new MSN Search using Encarta.

Getting Google to Love Your Web Site: 50
Questions and Answers ( ...

Getting Google to Love Your Web Site: 50
Questions and Answers ( ... 05/25/2004 07:16 PM
MarketingProfs.com (subscription),CA-9 hours ago ... Because Googlebot doesn’t execute the Javascript/Java/etc. programming code in your page that is required to operate the drop down menus. 22. ...

Google-based sites have answers for
almost all questions

Google-based sites have answers for
almost all questions 06/25/2004 05:47 AM
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Google Adds Answers, Augments Maps

Google Adds Answers, Augments Maps 04/07/2005 05:48 PM

So, you think you want to buy Google
stock? Answers to frequently asked
questions

So, you think you want to buy Google
stock? Answers to frequently asked
questions 05/01/2004 06:27 AM
San Francisco Chronicle May 1 2004 10:24AM GMT

Danny Sullivan answers your Google
Florida update questions

Danny Sullivan answers your Google
Florida update questions 12/05/2003 04:23 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Dec 5 2003 3:12PM ET

Looking for Answers

Looking for Answers 07/15/2004 05:27 AM
Are there non-evil reasons why customers continue to like Microsoft products?

Answers to Arnaud

Answers to Arnaud 04/06/2005 09:22 PM

Man - today is turning into a day when I can connect many dots together.

I just got to conote capitalism in it's pure state - with fascism. The underlying notion of exploiting workers and resources to create profit - is just sick to me. So when Jason Calacanis accused ME of improperly gaming the system - the only thing I could think of was "cause it's hurting you - you mean?"

Any money going directly into blogger's pockets is NOT going into YOUR pocket. It's as almost as if he EXPECTS to make money - that it's his right.

That just pisses me off to no ends.

Now I am going to answer Arnaudquestions about "why do I like structured blogging" and "whether OPML can be adapted to support Any type on MicroContent".
Well dude- the second question is teh easiest and funnest. We did!

We used our OPML editor - weboutliner to craete an editor for a birthday party activity. Pure situated software.

It's a perfect paradigm. More on that later.

Next - I LOVE PubSub's structured blogging effort cause it's just that - it's an effort. When Seb Paquet first used the phrase - it blew my mind. I knew right away that that was exactly what micro-content needed - was a way to describe the controlled, form based kind of publishing that will move us down the pyrimid and effect 80% of the population within a few years.

Blogging is just the FIRST kind of micro-content and we're watching lots of others get established - right in front of our eyes.

So structured blogging is the start of something I've been hoping for - for a while now - a way to give normal end-users the power to contribute, express themselves and share - little chunks of knowledge - that are heavily "typed".

Kudos to Bob Wyman and the team at PubSub.

Arnaud admits that he doesn't write much about the format of the published micro-content - but only a wholistic approach - which combines open:

- APIs
- Schemas
- data format
- even user interfaces

......will get us to micro-content nirvana.

When I think about this stuff - I see EVDB, RVW supported in blogware, an OpenListings format coming, OpenTopics and Technorati tags - for all, FOAF, ourmedia, Media RSS - everywhere I go - I see this stuff happening.

Just Yahoo buying Flickr, doing Media RSS and saying what they've been saying and THEN having Google come back with THEIR video hosting scenario. Man oh man.

It's all happening.

Getting Answers About Ask Jeeves

Getting Answers About Ask Jeeves 06/25/2004 01:52 PM
What does the future hold for this Internet search company?

You Ask, Ballmer Answers

You Ask, Ballmer Answers 08/03/2004 01:50 AM

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Monkeyboy takes questions from the peanut gallery….

IE Users Want Answers

IE Users Want Answers 07/09/2004 09:58 AM
During Thursday's live Web chat with the Internet Explorer (IE) team, chat participants asked a lot of questions. Microsoft didn't provide a lot of answers.

Answers in the Margins

Answers in the Margins 09/10/2004 02:50 PM
By just looking at operating margins, investors can find profitable industry leaders.

Searching for answers

Searching for answers 06/24/2005 07:35 PM
Directing queries through Internet search engines has become one of the most popular online activities. Statistics released from a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive show that users accessed search engines more often than they used the Net for entertainment, e-commerce or IM/chat. Over half of the respondents (53%) said they used search engines most or every time they went online, and only 4% said they had never used a search engine. Only two activities were more popular than search: sending or receiving e-mail (87%) and general Web surfing (55%). How the respondents used search engines was also interesting. The top reasons were for researching specific topics (88%), getting directions or maps (75%), looking for news (64%) and shopping (51%). Internet search engines also seem to be replacing the telephone for some tasks, with a total of 54% reporting having used a search engine instead of using a phone. Different search engines seem to be better for searching for different topics. For example, MSN and Ask Jeeves users were more apt to search for medical and health information. Ask Jeeves users were also more likely to look for maps and directions. Google users tended to search more for news, perhaps a result of the Google News search page. According to data from Nielsen//NetRatings, Google is by far the most popular search engine in the US, with a 48% market share. Yahoo! is next with 21%, followed by MSN with 12%, AOL with 5% and Ask Jeeves with 2%. Google users are also the most loyal. Thirteen percent of US adults who use Google use it exclusively, compared to 11% for AOL, 10% for MSN, 7% for Yahoo!/Overture and 2.4% for Ask Jeeves.

That answers my question

That answers my question 03/14/2005 06:11 PM

I s peculated idly the other day that Tivo had a significant patent portfolio. Turns out it has 70 patents granted, with 106 more pending. Sounds pretty significiant to me, given how ubiquitous digital video recording is bound to become.

"Word Answers"

"Word Answers" 05/21/2004 03:49 AM

How Will Google Grow?

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