Comments on: Analyzing Google Press Releases: More Revenues, Less Search

By: Brittany Thompson

Brittany Thompson — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:20:10 +0000

Very interesting tool they’ve got there… While it might be an indicator of the direction Google is trying to go, Jordan also makes a good point: “They donâ€™t have to tout their awesome ‘searchiness’ anymoreâ€“and they really do have a lot of other stuff going on that does merit a press release.”

By: or

or — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:04:03 +0000

Also, obviously there would be alot more revenue press releases because google is now a public company – so investor conferences, earning calls, etc would be in press releases, not blog posts. I just checked google’s labels on its main blog and it shows that they labeled 95 posts search, and 98 labeled apps, nothing else comes close. I guess that seems to mean that google is emphasizing search and apps. I think the blog posts is a better measure of what’s happening internally. Press releases are for showing off, and making official announcements.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:47:39 +0000

@Steven–I think you’re right, the number of press releases has definitely increased since then, but I would also imagine that they have less to say about search in press releases these days. They don’t have to tout their awesome “searchiness” anymore–and they really do have a lot of other stuff going on that does merit a press release.

Certainly, though, they still mention search quite a bit. Look at the graphs again, and you’ll see that even at its lowest (this year), search is still mentioned more frequently than revenues (0.59% versus 0.37%).

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:30:20 +0000

Hence the word “seem” and the sentence that followed it: “That doesnâ€™t mean theyâ€™re not working on it just as hard, but I think this correctly indicates that there is a lot more going on at Google than search these days.”

By: or

or — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:27:25 +0000

“I have to admit that it does seem to indicate that Google is moving away from emphasizing search.”

That’s incorrect. It means that google has mentioned much more things that just search in their *press releases*. However, if you analyzed google’s blog post you would see alot more search posts.

By: Stephen Ward

Stephen Ward — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:03:57 +0000

I’d be curious to see the volume of Google press releases for each year. No doubt it’s increased over time, quite likely by a lot. More to the point, they’ve been delving into a lot of new areas in the past few years. It may not be, then, that they’re talking less about search, but that they’re talking more about other things, thus reducing the proportion of press releases mentioning search without reducing the frequency.

By: Fitness guy

Fitness guy — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:48:02 +0000

Mr. Yang, Yahoo’s new CEO, stated that “search engines” are not their priority in a recent statement. At least Yahoo is honest about it..

By: horisly

horisly — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:45:06 +0000

that’s amazing.