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By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:05:08 +0000

@Geo – great points.

By: Geo

Geo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:02:52 +0000

Hi Andi,

you make some points, but I believe you miss some, too.

For example, it will be much cheaper and much faster for them to crawl the websites hosted on their own servers.

Another thing – they will have all the statistical data they want about these new websites, business models, etc. This will give them an edge over the competition and will also provide them with the opportunity to easily spot emerging trends and to also buy the companies/developers that own websites that quickly earn popularity far cheaper.

There is also an opportunity, I am not saying they’ll do it, but the opportunity is there that they will be able to snoop on other’s people’s code and ideas from the inside.

By: Minisite templates

Minisite templates — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:49:25 +0000

Just tried signing up too – no joy. But then do I really want to? It does sound to me like it’s another one of Google’s sneaky tricks which will end up letting them control more of what we see and do online

James

By: Paul Baranda

Paul Baranda — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:11:00 +0000

I just tried signing up and they already have a full roster! That was quick. Yes I do question why is it free, and yes it is there way of getting more users but I must admit… its a neverending array of genius! Plus I like that I can sign into applications using my gmail account so as much as I do not like Google’s shady plans for somethings, I like that they did this.

Paul

By: Susan Beebe

Susan Beebe — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:09:56 +0000

Good post Andy!

I think you’ve hit right on the head.

But don’t also forget how Google just swept a hoard of worldwide developers towards THEIR *free* development platform in 1 very bold move. This move by Google is an obvious attempt to buy the loyalty of developers so as to persuade them to build apps on Google’s powerful and “scalable” code base, plus the bonus of getting to use Google’s infrastructure for free (sorta). I think Google loyalty already exists for many techies, so this was an easy sell. This will propel lots of open development of new Google Apps which leverage the GoogleAppEngine and their existing Google Apps, APIs, tools, etc. [pretty clever!]
Susan

By: Search Engine Optimization Journal

Search Engine Optimization Journal — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:06:13 +0000

Hmmm Google always has some sort of hidden agenda. By giving more people control of the internet, they have more control over data and info providing they are the ones who enable the service. It will be interesting to see what else they come up with.