Comments on: Bill Gates “We will build the world’s best search!” http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/05/28/bill-gates-we-will-build-the-worlds-best-search/ Tech news | Tech views | Geeky goodness Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Why did Yahoo pick Google over Microsoft? « The Tech News Blog http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/05/28/bill-gates-we-will-build-the-worlds-best-search/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Why did Yahoo pick Google over Microsoft? « The Tech News Blog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:04:48 +0000 http://thetechnewsblog.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-80 [...] have added approximately a quarter of a billion dollars MORE to Yahoo’s operating profits. As I blogged previously, Bill Gates is now going to remain a part of Microsoft’s attempt to ‘build the [...] [...] have added approximately a quarter of a billion dollars MORE to Yahoo’s operating profits. As I blogged previously, Bill Gates is now going to remain a part of Microsoft’s attempt to ‘build the [...]

]]> By: SOG knives http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/05/28/bill-gates-we-will-build-the-worlds-best-search/comment-page-1/#comment-79 SOG knives Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:03:15 +0000 http://thetechnewsblog.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-79 <strong>SOG knives...</strong> Interesting ideas... I wonder how the Hollywood media would portray this?... SOG knives…

Interesting ideas… I wonder how the Hollywood media would portray this?…

]]> By: Tech News Blog Editor http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/05/28/bill-gates-we-will-build-the-worlds-best-search/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Tech News Blog Editor Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:41:59 +0000 http://thetechnewsblog.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-77 Hello Nate, Thanks for the comment. I just hope we end up with a competitive search marketplace, where innovation is used to gain market share and not just financial muscle. I like your blog by the way - well worth a read! Hello Nate,

Thanks for the comment.

I just hope we end up with a competitive search marketplace, where innovation is used to gain market share and not just financial muscle.

I like your blog by the way – well worth a read!

]]> By: Nate http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/05/28/bill-gates-we-will-build-the-worlds-best-search/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Nate Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:12:12 +0000 http://thetechnewsblog.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-78 Yeah, this really irks me. It’s sad too that the only way Microsoft can compete with the other innovative incumbents in the search market is to embed the search. They must be hoping the same thing will happen to Google, Yahoo, etc. that happened to Word Perfect with Microsoft Word…Hopefully consumers will see through it. Yeah, this really irks me. It’s sad too that the only way Microsoft can compete with the other innovative incumbents in the search market is to embed the search. They must be hoping the same thing will happen to Google, Yahoo, etc. that happened to Word Perfect with Microsoft Word…Hopefully consumers will see through it.

]]> By: Tech News Blog Editor http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/05/28/bill-gates-we-will-build-the-worlds-best-search/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Tech News Blog Editor Wed, 28 May 2008 17:20:23 +0000 http://thetechnewsblog.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-76 Thanks for the comment Liz, No, Google do not have a monopoly. Google have what is often termed a 'near monopoly' of online revenue. It's bigger than every other search company combined and in some countries their market share is even higher! Mike Arrington at techcrunch.com wrote a GREAT post about it this week http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/25/the-importance-of-a-competitive-search-market/ There is no single company that seems able to be able to give serious competition to Google and that's why google advertising costs are going up and up - forcing prices to consumers up, as advertisers try to recoup their increased ad spend. I have just had a comment on another post, where the guy has seen his google advertising costs increase by over 100%; for the same number of enquiries. The problem is, he (and everyone else) has no alternative that can generate the number of enquiries that Google can. They can't go anywhere else because that's not where people are looking when they want to find something. Hence, the 'near monopoly' you keep hearing about. Google's search engine is EXCELLENT - I use it and I have done for years. But someone needs to come along with a search engine that can challenge Google - so we have a more even playing field and so that people have some SERIOUS choice with search advertising. That way we all benefit. Great comment - thank you Liz! Thanks for the comment Liz,

No, Google do not have a monopoly.

Google have what is often termed a ‘near monopoly’ of online revenue. It’s bigger than every other search company combined and in some countries their market share is even higher!

Mike Arrington at techcrunch.com wrote a GREAT post about it this week
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/25/the-importance-of-a-competitive-search-market/

There is no single company that seems able to be able to give serious competition to Google and that’s why google advertising costs are going up and up – forcing prices to consumers up, as advertisers try to recoup their increased ad spend.

I have just had a comment on another post, where the guy has seen his google advertising costs increase by over 100%; for the same number of enquiries.

The problem is, he (and everyone else) has no alternative that can generate the number of enquiries that Google can. They can’t go anywhere else because that’s not where people are looking when they want to find something. Hence, the ‘near monopoly’ you keep hearing about.

Google’s search engine is EXCELLENT – I use it and I have done for years. But someone needs to come along with a search engine that can challenge Google – so we have a more even playing field and so that people have some SERIOUS choice with search advertising. That way we all benefit.

Great comment – thank you Liz!

]]> By: Liz http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/05/28/bill-gates-we-will-build-the-worlds-best-search/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Liz Wed, 28 May 2008 16:02:19 +0000 http://thetechnewsblog.wordpress.com/?p=41#comment-75 I keep hearing about Google's "monopoly" of search but the latest figures I saw said that about 66% of searches were done using Google. That's a huge share but I was expecting something more like 90%. Yahoo still had about 20% of searches done using their search engine. I wonder if Google has been overhyped because they just make so much damn money. There were about 5 or 6 other search engines listed which had at least 5% share of the search engine market, including MSN. I keep hearing about Google’s “monopoly” of search but the latest figures I saw said that about 66% of searches were done using Google. That’s a huge share but I was expecting something more like 90%. Yahoo still had about 20% of searches done using their search engine. I wonder if Google has been overhyped because they just make so much damn money. There were about 5 or 6 other search engines listed which had at least 5% share of the search engine market, including MSN.

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