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Google dominates Yahoo in first quarter
If first quarter 2007 earnings were height Google would be an absolute giant, towering over the tiny huddled mass that is Yahoo. With each passing day Google grows bigger and stronger, while Yahoo does its best not to be trampled by the raging fiscal monster that is Google. Google is an ogre (Gogre), while Yahoo is but a tiny dwarf (dwarfoo). Thank you. That may have been the worst financial analogy ever made.
But the point is valid. Google more than doubled Yahoo's first quarter earnings, pulling in $3.66 Billion to Yahoo's $1.67 Billion. All of this from two companies that were essentially making the same money two years ago. But as anyone who's gone through puberty can tell you, two years can change everything. Google has grown into the biggest brand in the world, while Yahoo has gone backwards, becoming less relevant with each passing year. But how? Search money, that's how. Google bet on the winning horse that is advertising dollars. They refined what they do with such efficiency that they are now responsible for around 50% of the internet searches conducted. Yahoo, on the other hand, took a gamble on constructing an online media empire from scratch, which cost them big time. And from the looks of things, Google is showing no signs of slowing down (and Yahoo shows no signs of speeding up) thus ensuring a bring future for the Gogres, and an even brighter future for poorly crafty analogies and groan-inducing made up words.
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Ankher said 9:54PM on 4-23-2007
Is anybody surprised by this, though?
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Adam said 9:54PM on 4-23-2007
Yahoo is still in the ball game. Google is getting a bit big.. losing its cool i think.
Someone other than google will come up with something new and hopefully keep t to themselves.. Search has turned boring :(
-WebMaster Adam.
http://www.computersite.com/blog
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Todd said 12:22PM on 4-24-2007
Google is an advertising based search company.
Yahoo is an advertising based MEDIA company.
Here's an example:
"...Ad-supported news sites with TV brands saw the biggest traffic rises on the day of the Virginia Tech shootings...When a breaking news story happens, it's been ingrained in our society that you turn on the TV says Bill Tancer, general manager of online researcher Hitwise. That reaction translates to incredible brand identity online.
Top U.S. news and media sites on April 16, 2007
Share of visits Change vs. 4/9
1. Yahoo News 8.69% + 62%
2. MSNBC 7.56% + 161%
3. CNN.com 5.56% + 59%
4. Weather Channel 4.30% - 38%
5. Google News 1.87% + 6%
6. Fox News 1.72% + 64%
7. Drudge Report 1.71% + 14%
8. Yahoo Weather 1.70% - 32%
9. New York Times 1.51% - 2%
10. AOL News 1.3% + 37%
11. ABCnews.com 1.14% + 245%
Source: http://weblogs.hitwise.com/bill-tancer/2006/08/google_yahoo_and_msn_brand_ass.html
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netster007x said 11:52PM on 4-24-2007
Google may be raking in the dough, but Yahoo! still has far superior services. I don't really care as long as Yahoo! sticks around. From the looks of it they're continuing to make great services and improve existing ones. Unlike google, Yahoo! has services for everything I would otherwise need to scour the net for. Their email (beta) is pretty dam good too (and the latest version really fixes some of the speed issues).
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