Comments on: Things Google Knows to Be True

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:59:39 +0000

@Miriam

If I look at all the inbound links they have created over the past year in Places, I would still have to say the there is no return on invested like a 7-Pack… as long as businesses benefit then in the end Google will succeed in sucking some of the life out of the rest of the web.

By: MiriamEllis

MiriamEllis — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:52:53 +0000

On the one hand, Mike, what Google is doing is good for business – their business – but perhaps only in the short term. I don’t see Place Pages as a genuine replacement for websites. Of course, I’m biased being a website designer who makes sure that every last darned bit of information anyone could want is on my clients’ sites, but I’m standing by this sense that a Place Page is a glance, not a deep look at a business. If all people want is a glance, then Google’s Local SERPs remain relevant. If they want websites and can’t find them, Google is making a foolish move with what they are doing.

Money being at the bottom of all this, we will see what makes Google the most of it. Constantly directing inward or letting others have an independent piece of the pie? Google will make the profitable choice and that should tell all of us what people really want.

By: Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:27:07 +0000

@James “they want people on their servers. . for ever!”

I agree Google fonts, Google maps, Google code … as a web designer Google has made so many great tools more accessible. Even the most basic site is likely to have some calls to maps, library files or/and analytics.

By: Google’s New Philosophy: We’re A Portal

Google’s New Philosophy: We’re A Portal — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:48:09 +0000

[...] page, or even to a hosted article on Google News. Local searches often lead, as Mike Blumenthal points out, to a Google Place Page, not to the business’ website. Image searches might lead to photos [...]

By: James

James — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:24:02 +0000

It’s no secret that Google is moving toward corralling the entire online world onto its very own Google Chrome OS http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html and http://googlesmb.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-run-get-online-and-promote-your.html

They don’t just want people on their home page they want people on their servers . . . for ever!