Novice Investing - Gooooogle Everywhere

Date: Monday 01st 2008f December 2008 04:31:44 PM

Gooooogle Everywhere - 10/05/2005

By: Hari Wibowo

Google (GOOG) recently submitted bid to provide WiFi service in San Francisco area... for free! It seems like Google announced intentions to offer new products every couple weeks or so. This deal pits Google against the whole communication sectors from Verizon to Comcast to Cingular wireless.

How about that NASA deal ? That was only September 28th. I haven't read the details of the agreement. But if I were to use my wildest craziest imagination, Google might provide free GPS service on your laptop and wireless devices through its Google Toolbar.

Yet, here it comes. More new products and collaboration from Google ! On Tuesday October 4th, Google announced partnership with Sun Microsystems (SUNW) to provide Google toolbar and Sun Office software products. This is aimed towards the formidable Microsoft's office products.

Googletalk was unveiled in August of 2005. It competes with the like of instant messaging from msn, Yahoo! and AOL. It comes with the voice feature which makes you feeling silly for paying up for Voice over IP service.

There are other products that Google had unveiled, such as: Google Blog Search or Google Earth. But I think the most critical product from Google is Gmail, an email service which was unveiled on April 1st of 2004. Huh? Gmail is critical to Google? Yep. You got it right.

Here is the situation. yahoo.com is number one in terms of Alexa ranking with 30.7% of the traffic. Microsoft's msn.com is number two with 27.5 % of traffic. Meanwhile, google.com is 3rd with 22.7% traffic. You might have scratched your head. I thought Google is the king of search now? The answer is yes. But, websurfers going to Yahoo! and msn for one reason and one reason only. Free email service ! Want proof? Alexa reported that 48% of yahoo.com surfer visit Yahoo! Email service while 68% of msn.com surfers go visit Microsoft hotmail email service. Apparently, Google management saw this. If they can create a better email than Yahoo! and hotmail, Google can attract up to 50% of Yahoo! and msn users! Currently, after one and a half years of operation, 6% of google surfers had visited Gmail email service.

I frankly believe if Gmail can create a better email experience, eventually Yahoo! and msn users will defect. That is why Gmail is the most critical products Google has unveiled thus far. If you are interested in more website traffic rankings, you can visit: http://www.alexa.com .

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