Will google's stock going public send it down a slippery slope?
 

I'd love to hear anyones predections on this, yes I know its been discussed before but the signs are becoming harder to ignore.

There have been major changes to adwords causing many of us to watch our traffic flows slip while the CPC increases.

It also appears the googles results seem more randomized and listings for some terms shuffle dramatically on a daily basis.

Then theres this foreboding ad slipping into the results of every search.

http://www.mindcontroll.com/imagearc.../googleIPO.gif

Pleasing shareholders WILL have a dramatic effect on the way google runs its business.


The sky is falling.... discuss.

Here's a tip.... Google's Number One Loyalty should be to its surfers. If they remember this then they'd be making mad bling forever.

Hopefully they won't lose focus of what they've been doing so well at.

WG

Not sure how releveant it is to JC's post...but this makes for a good read if you haven't seen it yet.


http://www.e-marketing-news.co.uk/de...03.html#google

it would be nice if another search engine stepped up and became more popular. Google for all practical purposes has a monopoly now and if your not ranking good, that is a big loss to your competititors.