fool.com — The search-engine bellwether is now two days away from posting its fourth-quarter results. In the past, this would be a novel time for shareholders to start snickering. G would trounce expectations, analysts would shake their heads, and the instructions were simple: Rinse and repeat every three months. However, it is not the case this time around.
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bloodwineJan 21, 2009
You have to remember that Google is first and foremost an advertising company. I suspect they are going to take a beating as the advertising market keeps shrinking due to the current economy.What worries me is they have so much of our private information at their fingertips via their various offerings. They have search histories, email access, document access, and so forth. If things get too grim I can see them selling off a lot of that data to data mining companies and other marketing firms.
trafficlightJan 21, 2009
Google is just saying that their quarter profits won't be as high as they hoped. They didn't say they are going to post a loss for the quarter. Their profits will still be in the hundreds of millions. Why all the FUD?
patsbaseball11Jan 21, 2009
This is a horrible article mostly written to create hope for other search engines. However, if Google is slowing down, that pretty much means that Yahoo and MSN/Live are going in reverse. Unless you are on either of their home pages, when was the last time you used Yahoo or MSN as a search engine? Oh and BTW, Yahoo uses Google's ads, so they make money even when you arent on their engine.
blatheringidiotJan 21, 2009
I guess so...
bloodwineJan 21, 2009
Information is a very profitable business. How do you think telemarketers and spammers get your information? Someone out there is selling it.
dilibauJan 22, 2009
that's not exactly a reason why we should be worried... oh, wait...