Comments on: Google’s earnings are good news–let me count the ways

By: gusspresso24

gusspresso24 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:58:39 +0000

Bluesbagger: the numbers are correct, just not the “up from” Comscore reports Google’s share of searches as the following:

Mar-09 63.7
Apr-09 64.2
May-09 65.0
Jun-09 65.0
Jul-09 64.7
Aug-09 64.6
Sep-09 64.9

Draco97: One potential threat to watch out for with Amazon is going to be Wal-mart. They are looking to increase their online exposure and are moving to be more of a direct competitor.

By: ryanpatrik

ryanpatrik — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:53:33 +0000

Jim makes a good point about the best technology not always winning. Ironically, MSFT is a prime example of this and would it not be poetic justice if BING actually WAS better than Google but never got any traction? BING isn’t better in my experience and MSFT as usual got greedy and annoys people by constantly hilighting their own sites. They are so clumsy and have such a bad reputation for being dull, cludgey, and greedy that I wonder if they can ever breakout again.

By: ichy_b

ichy_b — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:55:53 +0000

Google without any question still provides a superior search engine. Bells and whistles do not make relevant links in and of themselves, and Google still far surpases all other engines in providing immediately accessible relevant links to search queries.

I am positive there is a better search engine than what Google provides today, but it hasn’t been invented yet. When it is I’ll invest in that company, but for now Google is the one.

By: cjxland

cjxland — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:45:27 +0000

In fact, when I try to google something on my MSN homepage, Bing always tries to steal the search-

-which infuriates me because I then have to retype my search in the google box.

So I never use Bing. (Dumb name too…)

The real point, as mentioned, is google has constantly stayed ahead, the rest have either tried to slide or are trying to wedge in, and are thus all behind.

By: georic

georic — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:42:34 +0000

when looking for something special , I use both google and yahoo as they make reference to different sites which are often complementary.
Regarding Amazon, they have, in France, a local competitor which is more interesting for French books particularly.