Yes, Google is has and will hold the number one spot as a search engine. I personally don't think they will stop growing. They have some of the best programmers in the field (including UNIX developer, Kenneth Thompson), and they have more momentum than any other competing company. They have the edge in terms of popularity (you never hear of someone 'Yahooing' themselves do you?).
The article refers to google as not only just a search engine, but now a 'big company' and a 'media conglomerate'. They have expanded their expertise from just a search engine, and now have their foot in almost everything innovative on the internet. But, google is not done expanding. In fact, Google's biggest new project, Wave, could prove to be a huge new technology in collaborating and working together with friends and colleagues. Also, Google has proved to be huge in mobile computing with their open source OS entitled 'Android'.
Your statement referring to Google's supreme dominance as a search engine is all too true. But I disagree with their permeance into other segments of technology. By no means is it done growing, but I think it is majorly pulling in the reigns. In that respect, Google may even be evening out and stalling. I think the momentum wave they have been riding since day one will soon start to slow.
ReplyDeleteFrom what we ahve seen and read about so far, Google hasn't done a whole lot to slow down. Even if and as they do, they still seem to be throwing a lot of money at new ventures. More money than I would imagine most companies having to invest in that manner. Since they are already the most dominant search engine out there, their perceived arrogance will likely cause them to keep expanding.
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