Comments on: Can Facebook Kill Google?

By: Blogger

Blogger — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:42:58 +0000

Google is a search engine. Facebook is social web 2.0 tool. !!! No comparison. Blogger's last blog post..Top Commentators Widget Enabled Blogs List

By: The Facebook age | b r a n t s

The Facebook age | b r a n t s — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:20:53 +0000

[...] and huge growth adding to costs, Facebook is attempting to raise capital this year. Going by this, Google should be interested. Interestingly Google values FB at $2 billion, and thats a far cry [...]

By: Facebook.com against Google Who Will Win The Visitors

Facebook.com against Google Who Will Win The Visitors — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:29:25 +0000

[...] is breaking news of my research from the webguild.org recent article on facebook.com vs google.com in traffic, which leads me to believe that MSN is behind the [...]

By: basmin

basmin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:57:20 +0000

I think that it is not easy to kill a giant company such as google, because google is already at the stage of stable growth basmin's last blog post..Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009

By: Michelle Tripp

Michelle Tripp — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:00:52 +0000

Alan, I love how you say web “turns on a dime.” Today, being ahead of the curve means being five seconds ahead of the next guy. And if you’re not ahead you’ve already fallen behind.

But it’s times like these that make social networking that much more valuable. Because we can’t all be joining the dozens of new betas that roll out every week (although some of us TRY!). We have to look to our network to inform us of what’s working and what’s emerging at the micro scale before it tips. Or look to our network for new perspectives, like Jordan who’s looking at Facebook in a unique way.

Drawing from the strength of a personal network is probably the most effective way to “turn on a dime” in our Web 3.0+ world.

Or is it Web 4.0 already?

@michelletripp

By: Alan Bleiweiss

Alan Bleiweiss — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:29:07 +0000

@Michelle – re; new media marketers having to pay attention – now more than ever – it’s what Gen Y expects all marketers to do when it comes to the Gen Y voice being heard, and it’s what is required given the “turn on a dime” nature of the web. Waiting to see if a trend becomes some entrenched standard before moving on it nowadays means that by the time you jump into the fray, everyone else has moved to the next one.

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By: Michelle Tripp

Michelle Tripp — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:19:55 +0000

Jordan, you’ve really nailed it. New media marketers have to pay attention to trends like this and be ready for the inevitable shift before it happens. Great thoughts on difference between social and search, too. Thanks for being ahead of the curve on this one!

@michelletripp

By: GG

GG — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:03:06 +0000

At some point there will not exist unique visitors anymore(i mean, it will still exist, but it will be a minimal percentage).
Google do have a social project. Checkout www.orkut.com

By: Water Hog

Water Hog — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:49:11 +0000

I believe Jordan covered this one rather well, they overlap but are not the same. People will still need a search engine be google or any other. I dont use social sites personally but i cant see them being the death of anything other that their competition.

By: Steven Savage

Steven Savage — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:35:56 +0000

Facebook is, as everyone notes, in its growth stage - and at a time where there's all sorts of tools, services, etc. it can interface with, combine with, or be developed for. Not everyone uses it, will use it, wants to use it, or will continue to use it. Simply they're not the same. I'm not going to do email on Facebook, I use Google Docs and Calendar (for privacy), etc. I use both, but I won't give one up for the other. Steven Savage's last blog post..Links of the Day, 3/19/2009

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:27:38 +0000

I’m pretty sure that was kind of my point exactly. . . .

By: SEO Marketing

SEO Marketing — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:16:40 +0000

Personally what i feel is, i don't agree with your thoughts. Facebook is not a search engine. BTW Google Interacts with the directly people who are seeking some thing needful while in facebook is a social community where you can interact with the people from the relevant industry. If you are comparing Facebook with Orkut than its fine and Facebook certainly got handsome response from people all over the world and becoming biggest social networking site, hence it hasn't been successful to beat Myspace in US. Facebook needs to do lot better in near future. SEO Marketing's last blog post..Why social media matters in Movie Marketing or A Film Marketing?

By: wm

wm — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:13:29 +0000

Facebook? is it traded on the stock exchange.,,i dont get wat u ppl are talkn about.

By: Gormangahst

Gormangahst — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:34:40 +0000

You can’t search for anything at Facebook except applications and other people. but you can search for people who are on Facebook with Google (and search for any other topic or subject you can think of).

Facebook will not kill Google. But the Aussie government might.

www.inquisitr.com/20245/google-soon-to-be-banned-in-australia-under-dr aconian-censorship-laws/

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:09:13 +0000

@Jeff—my point exactly!

By: Jeff Dube

Jeff Dube — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:37:18 +0000

Ok, I just dont get how you can compare Facebook and Google.

Since when you can search the web on Facebook? Maybe there is something I’m missing….

Its like saying Pepsi will kill McDonald’s

By: VitaminCM

VitaminCM — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:19:17 +0000

No!
Google is simple, clean and elegant. It just does what you want, on the first try.
Facebook is a great big cluster-F.
Google is a money machine, Facebook is, well, not.
Not likely.

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By: ifan

ifan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:29:15 +0000

I use facebook, and I do not like their service. I am planning to leave facebook, but I will keep using google. Guess this period is the growth stage for facebook, but their growth can not sustain unless their management people do some right decisions for their consumers instead of for their pockets.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:10:11 +0000

I guess it depends of the amount of value obtained from social search (which is very, very young right now). If Facebook, Twitter, etc... can provide that value, then I could see it tipping in favor of social. And IMO they could only provide that value on-par with Google until some social saturation point is reached and algos are created to take advantage of it as Google did with the web back in '98. Jason's last blog post..Problems Registering Here?

By: Bo Tipton

Bo Tipton — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:53:26 +0000

It is comparing apples and organges you can't do it. I do not Google or Facebook as may start page and I can still find both of them when I need them. Like you said I do not go to Google to see what my friends or up to and I go not go to Facebook to see what time the moon comes up tomorrow and phase it is in. Thanks Bo Tipton The Ornery Markter Bo Tipton's last blog post..Can I Make Money In The Next Thirty Days