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Dont know how you did find this though it is extremely interesting.

Beside the quality of the flash animation that looks like a spielberg trailer, it catch the essence of the on going revolution over internet.

When Google launched Gmail I was asking myself for a while what was the business model as I didnt really beleive in the targeted advertisement simply because when using email you are not receptive to ads. It is obviously a complete different scenario when browsing the web since you are then in search for information. Anyway I was not convince with the business model until I realized that the best about google mail was that google was able to collect a database of users that would most likely used gmail as their primery email given the 1G offer.

Thats 1 side of the story, adapting search result to individuals. today by login into your gmail account you can have a personalized google homepage with info feeding and search result based on history (the system learn from past search). The more you use it the more accurate (To you) result are. ultimately everyone of us gets a different result to the exact same key word query.

The other side of the story is BLOG. News are becoming commodity and are basically provided to all newspaper in the world by a couple of companies (AFP, Reuters...) problem is that given the huge amount of info newspaper editor can only select the one they want to put in their newspaper and do not have time neither competency to add any value. Thats why The Nation content is mostly similar to BangkokPost (Same article same wording). It is actually the same as any newspaper in the world, the only difference being local content. Now BLOG change the rules by letting knowledgeable people add value on these same exact news provided by AFP and Reuters. If you have knowledge on Wine then you create a Wine BLOG and comment on Wine news. Moreover, there is a community factor since other people interested in the same subject can comment as well.

Mix these 2 things together add the "number effect" of internet and you have something huge. The addsense part of the equation is obvious. paying for valuable and customized information is what has made the fortune of companies like frost & sullivan and the like. That a terrific business model based on sharing individual knowledge under a global accesibility.

Not sure I am going to get tons of votes, PM and dates for that post from TFers... :roll:

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WB... is left to find out .... who will be the CEO of GoogleZon .. in 2014 8)

Googlezon doesnt need a CEO it will simply exist.

The really interesting question raised at the end of the presentation is 'Given that we can choose and personalise the media that we bring to ourselves to listen and read, what exactly is it that we want?'

What will be the top news story of 2014?

Will it be the continuing collapse of the ozone layer? No way.....

Will it be Joey from friends bid for the White House with his catchy phrase 'Whatever'? Unlikely....

Or will it be discussion of the before and after photos of Britney Spears 8 year old daughter following her breast implants? Sounds far more likely....

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WB... is left to find out .... who will be the CEO of GoogleZon .. in 2014 8)

Googlezon doesnt need a CEO it will simply exist.

........... wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh ..... jing jing ah ? :(

Or will it be discussion of the before and after photos of Britney Spears 8 year old daughter following her breast implants? Sounds far more likely....

........ what will happen to Hello & OK then......... :roll:

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"we are all part googlezon in the unconscious."

(apology to whoever wrote) 'forbidden planet."

one thing the internet does--the responsibility for evaluating the accuracy of information is pushed upon the reader. blogging and other net tools do the opposite of the personalised broadcasting described by the sci-fi-mini-epic mock-infomercial--they allow an individual or organization source to find an audience for what they want to say, however obscure. if you're dead convinced that jfk was assassinated by trained monkeys from outerspace, there will be bloggers and forums offering 'proof.'

all the information, all the knowledge in the world at your fingertips, and you the reader will be responsible for evaluating the truthfulness of it. and you'll be wonddering---are those britney's kids fake titties or just the one life-like wonder-bra temporary **** ?

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for those who are dying to know already, joey will lose in his bid for the presidency, arnie will win a second term, thus keeping his "i'll be back" campaign promise.

he will then replace vice president snoop dogg with a cute flying robot, as market research has found it more appealing than the oppposites-buddy-film dynamic.

zbh

b is for citizen of the future

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Somtamcharlie,

Valuation of a company goes far beyond evaluation of assets. Like any Software and Service company google valuation reflect sales, growth and market strategy besides numerous other factor. Not that I am trying to back Google enormous valuation though.

Zeusbheld,

You are refering to a vicious deviation of legitimate blogging. Anything cant be deviated from its original purpose. Internet just make it easier and faster.

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Somtamcharlie,

Valuation of a company goes far beyond evaluation of assets. Like any Software and Service company google valuation reflect sales, growth and market strategy besides numerous other factor. Not that I am trying to back Google enormous valuation though.

..... though I prefer someone with real asset though ...

..... money <figure> is only symbolic.... nothing... ... untouchable...

Imagine MR. BG asks to see all of his money now... who could be able to show him that... it sounds so impossible.

ASSETS are real... :D

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Zeusbheld,

You are refering to a vicious deviation of legitimate blogging. Anything cant be deviated from its original purpose. Internet just make it easier and faster.

nah, i used a colorful example for effect, but trust... as someone who has been paid to do 'legitimate' blogging...

my observation is, it's a level playing field, and the burden of choosing what a 'legitimate' blog is, is on the reader, NOT the blogger.

the primary advantage of blogging over traditional reporting is that it is somewhat interactive--ideally, you get readers involved who may know more than you do. of course, some of them are crackpots too.

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Somtamcharlie,

Valuation of a company goes far beyond evaluation of assets. Like any Software and Service company google valuation reflect sales, growth and market strategy besides numerous other factor. Not that I am trying to back Google enormous valuation though.

..... though I prefer someone with real asset though ...

..... money <figure> is only symbolic.... nothing... ... untouchable...

Imagine MR. BG asks to see all of his money now... who could be able to show him that... it sounds so impossible.

ASSETS are real... :D

Last time I checked Cash is what fuel companies and individuals. If you can't convert your assets in Cash its useless.

To make it easier to understand. If you can't sell your Prada shoes to raise Cash you won't be able to buy this new Gucci bag. :wink:

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Somtamcharlie,

Valuation of a company goes far beyond evaluation of assets. Like any Software and Service company google valuation reflect sales, growth and market strategy besides numerous other factor. Not that I am trying to back Google enormous valuation though.

..... though I prefer someone with real asset though ...

..... money <figure> is only symbolic.... nothing... ... untouchable...

Imagine MR. BG asks to see all of his money now... who could be able to show him that... it sounds so impossible.

ASSETS are real... :D

Last time I checked Cash is what fuel companies and individuals. If you can't convert your assets in Cash its useless.

To make it easier to understand. If you can't sell your Prada shoes to raise Cash you won't be able to buy this new Gucci bag. :wink:

.... and that is the REASON why ... I do after Roman Abramovich 8)

.... hoping he would buy me the Prada Group.

..... Yuk Gucci ... am a big Fan of -Chloe- at the moment.

<Phoebe Philo's is super duper Fabulous..Excellent Taste!! I really do adore her Victorain classic style... Absolutely Fabulous ... :D >

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To make it easier to understand. If you can't sell your Prada shoes to raise Cash you won't be able to buy this new Gucci bag. :wink:

FYI : We < women> never ever trade our old shoes for new shoes ... we only get more & more of new shoes. :idea: :D

To make it easier to understand .. We always keep our assets < shoes> and we get a bloke to buy us more & more of new assets.. :wink:

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Somtamcharlie,

I am no expert and currently working in a company that have gone that path with nonsense low valuation but at current valuation google is free from any takeover. I just checked its over 84B, just above Time Warner with 81... :shock:

I wonder what would happen if a global initiative was launched on the Internet to stop clicking on advertisement since google is making money selling advertisements on a per-click basis. :roll: :idea:

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Google,unless taken over by some loony,( think:Time Warners unfortunate takeover of AOL)...will run into problems,and its stock will sink into relative oblivion.It practically always happens with these hi flying growth stocks.The hard bit is working out when :wink:

Luckily in life there are loads of people with more money than sense. So it aint that hard.

I often think that some people are simply too stupid to be allowed to hold a purse.

FYI : We < women> never ever trade our old shoes for new shoes ... we only get more & more of new shoes. :idea: :D

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To make it easier to understand. If you can't sell your Prada shoes to raise Cash you won't be able to buy this new Gucci bag. :wink:

FYI : We < women> never ever trade our old shoes for new shoes ... we only get more & more of new shoes. :idea: :D

To make it easier to understand .. We always keep our assets < shoes> and we get a bloke to buy us more & more of new assets.. :wink:

Mai kojay ??!? I always thought a girl was sitting on her most valuable asset :roll:

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