Comments on: Why Is Google Afraid of Facebook?

By: George Ramos

George Ramos — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:56:58 +0000

Interesting article, but their is really no relevance in regards to search portal Google feeling threatened.If anything it is flattering on their side and free akilades. Google is many years ahead of Facebook and not in one concentrated area. The reality, is that Facebook is a free AOL. AOL had the opportunity to catch the whole universe of online social networking and dropped the ball by charging people for their services. This is the problem Facebook is having in trying to make a profit. They primarily have more invesment than a profit. Reminds me of that online food shopping company that went public after all the hype. Facebook has to think of something fast in regards to going public, Its going to be tough to convince investors to buy in a stock of social networking.

By: A Very Google 2007: A Look Back - GigaOM

A Very Google 2007: A Look Back - GigaOM — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:07:56 +0000

[...] areas of major push - and if that meant taking on the telcos, the FCC, Microsoft, Wikipedia and even Facebook, so be it. And along the way it is estimated to add $1.7 billion to its $10 billion or so sales in [...]

By: Antonio Altamirano − Socialists vs. SearchHeads

Antonio Altamirano − Socialists vs. SearchHeads — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:01:49 +0000

[...] from other companies in the Valley, namely Google itself. But what happened to search? It has been relegated to be the “old web” as GigaOm puts it. Even though search is not as hot as it once was (uh, 6 months ago?), it continues to command an [...]

By: Coming Soon: A Small Move by Facebook, with Big Implications teasered @ Feed UP !!

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:32:19 +0000

[...] a lot has been made of the Facebook vs. Google fight, whether it be the fight over talent or potential advertising revenues. The reality is that if [...]

By: Coming Soon: A Small Move by Facebook, with Big Implications - GigaOM

Coming Soon: A Small Move by Facebook, with Big Implications - GigaOM — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:15:44 +0000

[...] by Om Malik Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 4:15 PM PT Comments (0) So a lot has been made of the Facebook vs. Google fight, whether it be the fight over talent or potential advertising revenues. The reality is that if [...]

By: MySpace Keeps On Truckin’ « GigaOM

MySpace Keeps On Truckin’ « GigaOM — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:30:12 +0000

[...] signing partnerships with the likes of Skype and AOL, and expanding into new avenues such as OpenSocial and, more recently, “quarterlife”. As a result, its traffic –despite stiff competition [...]

By: Little bit of internet » Blog Archive » Google v Facebook

Little bit of internet » Blog Archive » Google v Facebook — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:47:34 +0000

[...] Malik of GigaOM writes about Google being afraid of Facebook. It’s about Google launching OpenSocial, something to compete with Facebook in the Social Web [...]

By: Dave Liu dot com / musings from the edge » Articles of the Day

Dave Liu dot com / musings from the edge » Articles of the Day — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:45:20 +0000

[...] Google-Facebook: Open vs. Closed - GigaOm’s Om Malik considers the implications of Google’s OpenSocial platform, comparing the search giant’s approach to social networking to that of Facebook. Malik points out that Google’s entire business model depends on information being public–search is just a tool used to glean more information about us so the company can serve more targeted advertising. The idea behind OpenSocial is more of the same: provide free tools for (developers in this case) to create free, open software and then help developers monetize their programs through AdSense. Therefore, Google doesn’t really have to get into the social networking game. [...]

By: Idea City: Marketing - Advertising - Culture

Idea City: Marketing - Advertising - Culture — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:33:48 +0000

[...] about 13 percent of the total ad-spend — what you get is a pretty decent context for the ongoing battle amongst Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo (YHOO), phone & cable companies, wireless carriers, Facebook, [...]

By: Prashanth

Prashanth — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:59:39 +0000

“…while Google saw its page views double in the 12 months ended Sept. 30, Facebook saw its traffic zoom five-fold (see data).”

The 3-D graphic might be snazzy but just sucks at illuminating the above point. A casual glance indicates that Google seems to have had most of the growth. It’s a good article but needs to get back to Tufte’ian basics when it comes to using graphs.

By: As Online Advertising Grows, The Question Is How Much Is Too Much? « GigaOM

As Online Advertising Grows, The Question Is How Much Is Too Much? « GigaOM — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:46:00 +0000

[...] representing about 13% of the total ad-spend - what you get is a pretty decent context for the ongoing battle between Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo (YHOO), phone & cable companies, wireless carriers, Facebook, [...]

By: Special Report: The Future of Advertising - Social or Just Plain Creepy? « GigaOM

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:37:47 +0000

[...] Why is Google afraid of Facebook? [...]

By: Google v Facebook « Gormful

Google v Facebook « Gormful — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:04:08 +0000

[...] Malik of GigaOM writes about Google being afraid of Facebook. It’s about Google launching OpenSocial, something to compete with Facebook in the Social Web [...]

By: Avinash

Avinash — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:47:09 +0000

Time to have a Google Web2.0 browser:
That has ability to social bookmark, RSS reader, integration with facebook and contacts, docs, emails, etc . Bookmarking using delicious etc and reading blogs with google reader etc leads to my multiple registrations/maintenance at different sites. Also

Also I use Avantbrowser (since that provides ability to save and open multiple tabs at once), and that does not have google toolbar. you can try this at http://www.avantbrowser.com

http://people20.blogspot.com/2007/11/need-web20-browser.html

By: tomkricheck

tomkricheck — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:42:05 +0000

As this article (http://beta.resourcepad.com/storys/Fights_in_the_Playground_Facebook_vs_The_Rest_of_the_World/77 ) points out, Google's going for just more than a piece of the pie, they're actually going as far as to alienate Facebook from the partnership. MySpace? Not exactly the coolest thing to do, but a great way to send out the message loud and clear.

By: Joseph Pally

Joseph Pally — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:47:19 +0000

Google may not be afraid of FB. But they have to worry about MS.

And MS made a smart investment of 240 million to flatten and open up ALL social networks. Nothing stops MS from supporting or even adopting OpenSocial - which is at the moment a "widget organizer".

That was much smarter than buying Facebook outright for 10-15B! That would have been a waste of money!

Remember MS paid 300M for small acquistions like TellMe.