> > I hear this said a lot, but does it really make sense beyond being a catchy > phrase? Apple has also been described as a marketing company, but while > they're great at marketing, they're also great at hardware design, software, > supply chain management, strategic vision, etc. Likewise, Google is great at > a lot of things. >
That's funny - sure its a Ad company that's why it bought admob, YouTube to serve ads, DoubleClick and so on. 97% of their money comes from Ads... On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Moandji Ezana <[email protected]> wrote: > "Google isn’t a web application company—they’re an advertising company" > > I hear this said a lot, but does it really make sense beyond being a catchy > phrase? Apple has also been described as a marketing company, but while > they're great at marketing, they're also great at hardware design, software, > supply chain management, strategic vision, etc. Likewise, Google is great at > a lot of things. > > "Instead, Google’s strategy is to weaken other companies’ businesses (say, > email) by offering something quite good or good enough for free, take over > that market, and then use their new dominant position to rake in advertising > revenue." > > One thing that iPhone fans seem to tend to do is paint Google as a company > that turns out mediocre product on a mass scale because Android isn't as > polished as iOS. And yet, Google has produced not just "quite good" but > arguably the best search engine, maps, browser and mail client. > > "If users won’t pay for applications, what will developers use to make > money from their applications? Advertising." > > I don't really get why Android users would remain so unwilling to buy apps. > If a subsidised high-end Android costs the same as an iPhone, doesn't that > place the user in the same affluent demographic? There may be fewer apps > worth paying for, but that's a different issue. And advertising isn't the > only way to make money: apps like Angry Birds and Hipstamatic offer in-app > purchases. > > Moandji > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Vorlonswork <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> http://www.tightwind.net/?p=2543 >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
