Perception Is Everything...

august 23, 2005 : steve kong : 1 comment(s)

Perception is everything right? Yes, call me a Yahoo! zealot (Paul already did), but I am forming a new perception of Google. Ahem, let me step into my flame-retardant suit and get ready for a possible flaming: Google is not leading the industry with innovation anymore. They have become followers and catch-up kids. Evidence:

Gmail (following Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and other free mail providers)
Sidebar (following Konfabulator, Dashboard, and old school DAs)
Google Maps (following Yahoo! Maps, MapQuest, and MapBlast)
Google RSS/Atom News feeds (following Yahoo! News)
Personalized Google page (following My Yahoo!, MSN, and a slew of other portals)
Froogle (following MySimon and Shopping.com)
Google Local (following CitySearch and Yahoo! Local)
Google Talk with (possible) VoIP (following Yahoo! Messenger with Voice, AOL Instant Messenger, and MSN Messenger)

Yes, each and every product that has been released to catch-up has something unique about it (2GB mail, satellite photos, etc), but still it is all building up to a new perception of a kid that is trying to catch up with the rest of the big boys. Maybe I am wrong. What's next? Google Personals, Google Weather, Google Jobs, Google ISP, Google Auctions, Google Payments, Google Music, Google Autos, Google Sports, Google Games, or Google Music?

Comments

Wait, I thought part of Google's forecasted business plan was looking at the property list for Yahoo!? Personally? I can't wait until there's a pampers.google.com

August 23, 2005 @ 05:37 PM

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