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...business of having online sites with content created by amateurs to be viewed by other amateurs never had a reasonable chance of making money. The fact that at one point Facebook had a $15 billion valuation, that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWS) bought MySpace, and that Google (GOOG) bought YouTube only proves the "greater fool" theory...
...Altavisa were in the information gathering, sorting, and creating businesses. Their indexing and presentation of content looked clumsy in 1997 and 1998. It is incredible to remember that Yahoo! (YHOO) had its first day of 100,000 unique visitors in 1994. The company went public in early 1996. Google (GOOG) raised $25 million in 1999. In 2000, it was offering search results in ten languages. (See pictures of Google Earth...
...What Microsoft knows now is what Yahoo's share price is showing. Being the No.2 company in the search business behind Google (GOOG) is like finishing second in the Indianapolis 500. There is some money in it, but the pretty girls and endorsements go to the winner...
...Google (GOOG) fired a very small number of people last year. If the company wants to control personnel costs, it can simply stop hiring. Google has been adding employees at a dizzying rate for four years. Google, like Apple, has a tremendous interest in keeping its R&D, marketing, product development, and engineering projects going forward as rivals like Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) falter. Google has a chance to pick up market share from both companies and improve its competitive position against Microsoft in the PC application business. It can significantly improve its edge by putting money into initiatives...
...internet has already proved to be an imperfect place for the film and TV industries to make money. YouTube, Google's (GOOG) video-sharing site, has always had the lion's share of the online video audience. Virtually all of the content there is free. Visitors do not watch advertising or pay a fee. NBC has tried to set up a large video site that does capture revenue. Hulu.com only has high-end TV and films. There are commercials that run on every program. But, a number of the advertisements running at Hulu now are free public service spots...