Comments on: Google Press Meeting Part 1 – Acquisitions http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/google-press-meeting-part-1-acquisitions.html Internet Marketing News Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:21:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Google’s Annual Shareholder Meeting | The Wall Street Matador http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/google-press-meeting-part-1-acquisitions.html/comment-page-1#comment-26004 Google’s Annual Shareholder Meeting | The Wall Street Matador Sat, 12 May 2007 18:13:12 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/google-press-meeting-part-1-acquisitions.html#comment-26004 [...] Google Press Meeting Part 1 - Acquisitions [...] [...] Google Press Meeting Part 1 – Acquisitions [...]

]]> By: Search Engine News Review - Fri May 11, 2007 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/google-press-meeting-part-1-acquisitions.html/comment-page-1#comment-25982 Search Engine News Review - Fri May 11, 2007 Fri, 11 May 2007 22:39:01 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/google-press-meeting-part-1-acquisitions.html#comment-25982 [...] Google’s Chaos and Order According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Google’s new focus [NY Times; subscription req’d] is search, ads and apps but that their “underlying mission has not changed.” Interesting. One might think otherwise. They’ve moved from just search to adding ads to buying up a whole slew of web applications - albeit good ones, many of which I use daily. But it’s starting to feel like the 1980s and 1990s again, when IBM and Microsoft, respectively, were into “everything”, acquiring businesses left and right. However, Schmidt says the recent big acquisitions are for building out their portfolio, not for competitive reasons. As such, they’re remaining open to buying more large businesses. [...] [...] Google’s Chaos and Order According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Google’s new focus [NY Times; subscription req’d] is search, ads and apps but that their “underlying mission has not changed.” Interesting. One might think otherwise. They’ve moved from just search to adding ads to buying up a whole slew of web applications – albeit good ones, many of which I use daily. But it’s starting to feel like the 1980s and 1990s again, when IBM and Microsoft, respectively, were into “everything”, acquiring businesses left and right. However, Schmidt says the recent big acquisitions are for building out their portfolio, not for competitive reasons. As such, they’re remaining open to buying more large businesses. [...]

]]> By: eBizMBA http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/google-press-meeting-part-1-acquisitions.html/comment-page-1#comment-25978 eBizMBA Fri, 11 May 2007 17:08:28 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/05/google-press-meeting-part-1-acquisitions.html#comment-25978 If Google ever moves into the content business I'm selling my Google shares immediately. I've already seen what a move into content has done to destroy Yahoo's valuation. http://www.ebizmba.com If Google ever moves into the content business I’m selling my Google shares immediately. I’ve already seen what a move into content has done to destroy Yahoo’s valuation.

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