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Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Boiling a Google? How 'bout Just One Webbed Toe
Scott Lemon (aka "humancell" on Twitter) posted an interesting view on how Google is missing the boat with Twitter and failing to understand the threat Twitter poses. While I agree with the basic premise of Google being a frog in the boiling water surrounding real-time search, I would caution the reader to consider the bigger picture.
Search is just one component of what makes Google, well, Google. While real-time search is certainly not in their back pocket, for the moment, stating that the whole google frog is silently swimming in a boiling death pool is a bit much. Were Twitter to take aim at email, live documents, video, ads and a host of other initiatives Google excels at, then I'd say the analogy would be accurate.
At this point, I think we can call it what it really is. One webbed toe in the simmering pot. Let's not get to anxious to kill the whole Google frog before it's time.
Search is just one component of what makes Google, well, Google. While real-time search is certainly not in their back pocket, for the moment, stating that the whole google frog is silently swimming in a boiling death pool is a bit much. Were Twitter to take aim at email, live documents, video, ads and a host of other initiatives Google excels at, then I'd say the analogy would be accurate.
At this point, I think we can call it what it really is. One webbed toe in the simmering pot. Let's not get to anxious to kill the whole Google frog before it's time.
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