Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Internet Strategy MS/Y!/Google

NVDL: It's remarkable how the world's most intelligent companies apparently remain slightly clueless about what they should be doing. As economic conditions tighten, there will be less mercy for this sort of oversight (which really amounts to erroneous strategy, which normally decapitates even a successful company).

Google
It’s clear that Google has found a sort of magic formula for profiting from the internet. The company built its name on its industry changing search service and has built a franchise around it that has proved very difficult to penetrate. Despite whatever Ask.com is saying about its “algorithm,” the truth is that Google’s search algorithms remain best in class, providing more relevant search results and quicker access to information you want and need.

Yahoo!
Why Yahoo! has never seemed to understand the power of its user base is beyond me. It acquired GeoCities and quietly absorbed it into its web hosting service rather than exploit the vast network that GeoCities had created. Yahoo music has been remade over and over despite the fact that some combination of Broadcast.com, Launch, and Yahoo! music were the first truly popular music and video streaming websites online.
Microsoft
Microsoft’s new goal ought to be to develop internet delivery of its software.
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