Will Goggle ever fuck up? - GoFuckYourself.com

acctman · 10-11-2005, 08:35 PM

ok i like google like most people do, but personally I think they're taking on to much to fast. at some point they're going to fuck up, atleast that's what i think. They have a lot of nice ventures earth.google video.goggle local.goggle toolbar, gmail, etc. But, other side projects such as there messenger (crap), Google Payment Corp (up coming to revial paypal), Goggle classifies (a ebay type site) talks of a possible OS and browser, oh and there free wireless/broadband internet service they want to offer. It just seems like they're trying to do to much for a company that has no real structure but has a shit load of money invested into which allows them to start up any side business/project.

just my views on it.

10-11-2005, 08:39 PM

I think they are too big to fuck up

sure some small project might fail, but on a general note google will not fuckup

Linguist · 10-11-2005, 08:44 PM

They've the best people in the industry working there. Plus, if a side project fucks up, they can discard it in favor of a successful one. If they didn't try things, they wouldn't be advancing. For every failed project, there's a successful one, and it's gonna bring more returns than expenses on something that failed.

mrthumbs · 10-11-2005, 08:45 PM

Stupid question: besides adwords and the little corporate search engine server.. what sources of income do they have?

Rebecca Love · 10-11-2005, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mrthumbs

Stupid question: besides adwords and the little corporate search engine server.. what sources of income do they have?

Stocks???

mrthumbs · 10-11-2005, 08:50 PM

Unless im missing something i think that when the majority of people dont go to www.google.com anymore for their daily searches google IS fucked.

How much of their revenue comes from network sites / adsense?

woj · 10-11-2005, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mrthumbs

Unless im missing something i think that when the majority of people dont go to www.google.com anymore for their daily searches google IS fucked.

How much of their revenue comes from network sites / adsense?

You are completely right, once a competitor releases a better search engine, google will sink faster than a titanic....

mrthumbs · 10-11-2005, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Rebecca Love

Stocks???

You are right that IS income for the company. But it doesnt count since that money is meant to create things to bring in even more money.

If they dont succeed with that the 'stock income' vanishes!

Kevsh · 10-11-2005, 09:05 PM

You're right. This is what Yahoo! did way back when: Try to be all things to all people and they lost focus on the main reason they were so popular (search results). But now that Google has shareholders to answer to it's all about more, more, more cash money.

acctman · 10-11-2005, 09:05 PM

advertising accounts for 95% of there revenue last year

Serge Litehead · 10-11-2005, 09:11 PM

google will do fine

woj · 10-11-2005, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by acctman

advertising accounts for 95% of there revenue last year

what was the other 5%?

Rebecca Love · 10-11-2005, 09:26 PM

Well I personally hope they make it. I am sure they are consulting with the best to stay at the top......

acctman · 10-11-2005, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by woj

what was the other 5%?

the article didn't say. i would assume for other projects that they sell rights too. like there maps.google.com service or earth service. things like that are licensed to the media to use in print or tv.

Sosa · 10-11-2005, 09:27 PM

i'm sure they will be ok

seattle · 10-11-2005, 09:33 PM

Leap Into It, Because You Can't Jump Across A Chasm In Two Small Steps.

Legendary Shitty Links · 10-11-2005, 09:35 PM

wtf does fucking up have to do with a Goggle?

brizzad · 10-11-2005, 09:36 PM

They wont fuck up.. that's why the run beta tests on all their new ideas that last forever.. shit gmail is still in beta phase.

camouflaged123 · 10-11-2005, 09:39 PM

I dont think they will fuck up because they have professionals and because of the money they are able to invest i think they can be successful in any ventures. As long as they have money...they can ofcourse try , maybe things might work just fine , if not then that again is not a problem for them. The parent search engine is just perfect is will be a great money making shit for them forever..

BV · 10-11-2005, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by woj

You are completely right, once a competitor releases a better search engine, google will sink faster than a titanic....

The new competitor will also have to gain popularity and users, that's not going to be an easy task.

studiocritic · 10-11-2005, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mrthumbs

Unless im missing something i think that when the majority of people dont go to www.google.com anymore for their daily searches google IS fucked.

How much of their revenue comes from network sites / adsense?

I can't say with a certainty what percentage of their revenue is from adsense, but I manage dozens of AdWords campaigns in every vertical (we do managed advertising/marketing), and i've never seen more than 10-15% of the clicks come from the "content network" (adsense). And these clicks they only get ~40% (estimate) of the revenue on, so that leaves 6% of the click revenue, assuming equal CPC (cost per click).

poorwebmaster · 10-12-2005, 12:29 AM

Yes, they fuck up everytime you search and you do not find what you are looking for...

Serge Litehead · 10-12-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by poorwebmaster

Yes, they fuck up everytime you search and you do not find what you are looking for...

reynold · 10-12-2005, 02:59 AM

Well, they just don't have it all.

fuzzylogic · 10-12-2005, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by mrthumbs

Stupid question: besides adwords and the little corporate search engine server.. what sources of income do they have?

investors

Ace-wtf · 10-12-2005, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Sjelefall

They've the best people in the industry working there. Plus, if a side project fucks up, they can discard it in favor of a successful one. If they didn't try things, they wouldn't be advancing. For every failed project, there's a successful one, and it's gonna bring more returns than expenses on something that failed.

anyone can fail

look at real madrid a football team in europe with all the "stars"

they fuck up but have shit loads of money

they nee to keep there minds fresh and the way they are doing it is good trying out things.

KRL · 10-12-2005, 03:08 AM

I can't see anything going bad for Google anytime soon. They are too ingrained in our daily lives now.

Sarah_Jayne · 10-12-2005, 03:55 AM

They messed up Orkut when they let half of Brasil in.

Wiggles · 10-12-2005, 04:19 AM

they don't promote their new ideas like mad before they try them and realize they fail, they have failed at many things, you just don't hear much about it because they are smart at it.

seattle · 10-12-2005, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by poorwebmaster

Yes, they fuck up everytime you search and you do not find what you are looking for...

HAHAHA YES!!!!@#!^@&%#&()%

I LOVE THIS GUY ALREADY

Jer · 10-12-2005, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sarah_webinc

They messed up Orkut when they let half of Brasil in.

Orkut is indeed huge in Brazil. My wife has at least two very big communities (over 100k members).

Jer · 10-12-2005, 11:56 PM

A few months ago Orkut had a serious bug: if you were logged in and visited an external page with some code targetted to your account the page owner could transfer your communities to him or do something like that.

The Sultan Of Smut · 10-13-2005, 12:01 AM

They'll fuck up for sure, all companies do. Greed is the most powerful force in the universe and it WILL be their demise.

MrChips · 10-13-2005, 12:18 AM

I dont know if they will fuck up - but as far as im concerned - as are a fucking vast swathe of webmasters with decent sites - they can FUCK OFF.

Anyone still using them for search is a complete wanker - everyone knows it.

Wolfy · 10-13-2005, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by BV

The new competitor will also have to gain popularity and users, that's not going to be an easy task.

exactly.

Google not only has a superior product, and awesome team, killer foresight and an incredible reputation - they have momentum.

And we've all heard the theory "An object in motion tends to stay in motion" - Google aint going anywhere. I got money on it. :D

Wolfy · 10-13-2005, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MrChips

Anyone still using them for search is a complete wanker - everyone knows it.

you do realize that 90% of "everyone" has no idea what you are talking about, right?

MrChips · 10-13-2005, 01:30 AM

Yeah - last month it was 96%.

Google are total crap - and they get worse every day.

Go read the **real** boards instead of hanging round the tit and arse all the time for evidence.

Put money on google - I'd sooner eat it - digest it - and shit it out.

Google - dont make me laugh - please.

Wolfy · 10-13-2005, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by MrChips

Yeah - last month it was 96%.

Google are total crap - and they get worse every day.

Go read the **real** boards instead of hanging round the tit and arse all the time for evidence.

Put money on google - I'd sooner eat it - digest it - and shit it out.

Google - dont make me laugh - please.

Suddenly I find myself hitting the delete button, with mom's voice echoing in my head...

"...if you don't have anything nice to say..."

I will, however, wish you good luck with your life. You **might** need it.

Sarah_Jayne · 10-13-2005, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Jer

Orkut is indeed huge in Brazil. My wife has at least two very big communities (over 100k members).

I know and that isn't a problem at all. What did become a problem was when members from Brazil would flood English language communitites and not communicate in English. I know there started to be a good number of Brazil specific communities but by not sort of setting up two tiers they killed off their English speaking/reading membership. Which is a shame because I liked Orkut a lot better than Myspace since for a while the general IQ was much higher and there were very few people under 20.

10-11-2005, 08:35 PM	#1
acctman Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,840	Will Goggle ever fuck up? ok i like google like most people do, but personally I think they're taking on to much to fast. at some point they're going to fuck up, atleast that's what i think. They have a lot of nice ventures earth.google video.goggle local.goggle toolbar, gmail, etc. But, other side projects such as there messenger (crap), Google Payment Corp (up coming to revial paypal), Goggle classifies (a ebay type site) talks of a possible OS and browser, oh and there free wireless/broadband internet service they want to offer. It just seems like they're trying to do to much for a company that has no real structure but has a shit load of money invested into which allows them to start up any side business/project. just my views on it.

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camouflaged123 Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,590	I dont think they will fuck up because they have professionals and because of the money they are able to invest i think they can be successful in any ventures. As long as they have money...they can ofcourse try , maybe things might work just fine , if not then that again is not a problem for them. The parent search engine is just perfect is will be a great money making shit for them forever.. __________________ HIGHEST PAYING PHARMACY AFFILIATE PROGRAM IS HERE! 1 order a day=$1710/month

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buddyjuf Guest Posts: n/a	I think they are too big to fuck up sure some small project might fail, but on a general note google will not fuckup

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Linguist Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 1,706	They've the best people in the industry working there. Plus, if a side project fucks up, they can discard it in favor of a successful one. If they didn't try things, they wouldn't be advancing. For every failed project, there's a successful one, and it's gonna bring more returns than expenses on something that failed.

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mrthumbs salad tossing sig guy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: mrthumbs*gmail.com Posts: 11,702	Stupid question: besides adwords and the little corporate search engine server.. what sources of income do they have?

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mrthumbs salad tossing sig guy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: mrthumbs*gmail.com Posts: 11,702	Unless im missing something i think that when the majority of people dont go to www.google.com anymore for their daily searches google IS fucked. How much of their revenue comes from network sites / adsense?

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Kevsh Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: TO Posts: 8,619	You're right. This is what Yahoo! did way back when: Try to be all things to all people and they lost focus on the main reason they were so popular (search results). But now that Google has shareholders to answer to it's all about more, more, more cash money.

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Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	i'm sure they will be ok

10-11-2005, 09:35 PM	#17
Legendary Shitty Links Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 16	wtf does fucking up have to do with a Goggle?

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brizzad holla Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: KFC Posts: 11,769	They wont fuck up.. that's why the run beta tests on all their new ideas that last forever.. shit gmail is still in beta phase.

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poorwebmaster Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Earth Posts: 1,137	Yes, they fuck up everytime you search and you do not find what you are looking for... __________________

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KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	I can't see anything going bad for Google anytime soon. They are too ingrained in our daily lives now. __________________ If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION! * * * * * * * * * * * * Domains Adult News KRL's Newsletter Biz Tips Just Listed Domains

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Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	They messed up Orkut when they let half of Brasil in.

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Wiggles Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 14,423	they don't promote their new ideas like mad before they try them and realize they fail, they have failed at many things, you just don't hear much about it because they are smart at it. __________________ no sig

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Jer God is Brazilian Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Brazil Posts: 10,601	A few months ago Orkut had a serious bug: if you were logged in and visited an external page with some code targetted to your account the page owner could transfer your communities to him or do something like that.

10-13-2005, 12:01 AM	#33
The Sultan Of Smut Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 4,325	They'll fuck up for sure, all companies do. Greed is the most powerful force in the universe and it WILL be their demise.

10-13-2005, 12:18 AM	#34
MrChips Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,504	I dont know if they will fuck up - but as far as im concerned - as are a fucking vast swathe of webmasters with decent sites - they can FUCK OFF. Anyone still using them for search is a complete wanker - everyone knows it.

10-13-2005, 01:30 AM	#37
MrChips Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,504	Yeah - last month it was 96%. Google are total crap - and they get worse every day. Go read the real boards instead of hanging round the tit and arse all the time for evidence. Put money on google - I'd sooner eat it - digest it - and shit it out. Google - dont make me laugh - please.