Their arrival will tighten the noose even more on smaller players. |
Then they show up at the door and the reality is that they are 5-foot-8, 240 pounds and have not run a mile in years. A background check is not going to help you with that. |
There is this natural inclination by big communications giants to want to be the focal point for the user experience, the starting point, the way to search the Web, and not just an instant message or voice communication tool. |
They are being fairly careful about it, but they are walking very rapidly toward becoming a portal. They have a lot of other services gunning for them, so they have become most keen about building user loyalty so the users don't have a reason to go someplace else. |
They have to differentiate themselves. And entertainment is a big part of peoples' lives. |
They were hoping to become what AOL was supposed to be when it made the Time Warner deal six years ago. |
They're not going to back off of something that they billed as being so critical to adding to the base of knowledge and information that's available online, |
They're the first ones out there with an integrated approach to sharing content. But there will be fast followers. |
This relevancy ranking is what I think will be the secret sauce to Googles blog search success. |
This was definitely a place for technophiles. |
When they announced it, it seemed to underscore that they were the only company on the Internet with the vision, ambition and technology to do this. It seemed to only enhance Google's reputation. |
Yahoo has a strong foothold in that entertainment space. They've made strong partnerships that will provide them an advantage that they'll need to battle the likes of AOL. |
Yahoo is taking aim at women and other people who have felt left out of the discussion. |