Why is Google Trying to Control the Web?
22 Jul
Did you notice that Google seems to own everything we use on the web? They are just buying everything off. We still have a few things that are not owned by Google. But, soon it will be under Google. Why though? Why the fuck are they doing this? Why are they trying to control (pretty much) everything?
What they already have
The list below is just a few examples of what Google controls. A shit load of people use these services. Don’t forget the Google search engine itself (the most popular search engine).
- Feedburner: A site that allows you to promote your RSS, keep track of subscribers, send email subscriptions, etc. This site is used by almost all blogs.
- YouTube: World’s most popular video sharing site. Everyone knows about it and uses it.
- Gmail: A free webmail service that is getting popular every day.
- Google Reader: A RSS reader that is pretty popular and used by a lot of us (including me).
Breaking news guys. Google is trying to buy Digg for $200 million. Digg, the #1 social bookmarking site. Shit!
I think you understand that Google is trying to have a big influence on the web. Trying to own and control everything. Almost trying to make us dependent on it.
What’s the reason behind this?
Why though? Why are they doing this? Is it good or bad for us? Obviously bad because we don’t wanna be puppets of a big corporation. I can’t tell what Google is planning. But I sure can tell what I think they’ll be doing.
What do you have in mind? What do you think they are trying to do? What can WE do about it?
Don’t forget that Google has a lot of privacy issues (my own post here) and its been ranked worst on privacy. Hint, hint!
While I don’t disagree with you, I was lured here by the promise of some kind of analysis of Google and its acquisitions, but I don’t find one. This is a good idea or a post but where’s the beef?
I made this post to learn what you guys think of this. I’ll be posting the “beef” (what I think) this week.
I think you were talking about Google Analytics. Why what happened?
Yeah, I’m not a fan of the big corp monopolistic practices. Then again, if I were google, I’d be doing the same thing.
Google = horizontal business… maybe I should make something worthwhile and wait for them to buy it? lol