At the same time - headline buzz around the industry is comparing Google to Bing, which also markets Bing.
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Google and stupid background pictures On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:41 PM, David Mazzaccaro <[email protected]> wrote: I think that was the market test (which they failed)! LOL I'm not so sure that's true. Like many others, I hated it when I first saw it, and I still do. What you have to admit, however, is that every single Google user in the universe now knows that he or she can add a customized background image to the default Google search page. Annoying the bejeezus out of a lot of us for a few hours allowed them to gain near 100% knowledge of a new feature, and I doubt they'll lose any customers because of it. Conversely, they may gain some new ones b/c you have to have a Google account to use the feature. Just a thought. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
