Google's impact on today's web culture is a tremendous one. Why else would the word "Google" become a verb that we use in our everyday language? Google is such a familiar term now- it pops up in various types of media: the movies, books, songs, etc. Just as the article stated, Google is now not only a search engine but it offers so many other different and useful services that are widely used nowadays. Whenever I'm in the iSchool labs, I always see at least a few people on their gmails, not only checking their emails but also using the gmail chat feature. Whenever there is group work, a lot of times the group members utilize Google docs to share and edit information. Google map, Googly analytics, Google news, etc etc etc.
So yes, maybe Google does hold a monopoly in the search engine world. Like the article stated, it is now not only a search engine company, it is a big media conglomerate competing with other big media companies today. The article talks about Google's success but at the same time, had a wary and precautionary tone about its future. I think Google is set. I think Google will continue to grow and will continue to be the number 1 search engine. The article worried about how Google will handle it's growth, coining the time period as it's "adolescence period." But i think the company will keep developing and innovating the services as it goes. When a company has the ability to change the meaning of a word (i think google is a very large number originally), you know that people won't stop using it for a long time to come.
I may be misinformed but I do think that Google lacks some features that other search engines have, such as Yahoo. I know my friends rely on Yahoo for their sports and fantasy information. I rely on Yahoo for movie show times. I don't know if Google has those things. Maybe it does but it's not very widely known. Do you think Google should add those things as well?
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I was thinking the same thing. You know I use google for school related things, but I go to yahoo for my everyday need to know things. I do like the features of the feature movie times and the direct connection to my sport. But I also use it to read up on the news that pertains to today in event in the area.It pops up right on the screen without me having to go into news and search. I also use it for shine, where I can catch up on the lastest fashions and gossip. So I mean google has a lot of advantage but they also have a lot of disadvantages. But the best of luck to them. Good Job.
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