Kofi Bofah

Google's Downfall: Search Engine Optimization

We are going to start a movement with this whole Neopet thing.

Google's Downfall: Search Engine Optimization

You guys are funny.

And after reading all of the comments - I am not so sure that I even remember my own name, anymore.

Do not take my words to the extreme.

I am not saying that GOOG is going to fail. But, I do think that it's days as a story stock may be finished.

We must all acknowledge that S.E.O. gamesmanship is just a small piece of the puzzle that may work to erode the confidence applied to the entire Web 2.0 business model. The lack of confidence will strip away at the eagerness of online journalists, social networking operatives, and advertisers to do business on this medium.

Tech investment appears to be a high-stakes game of 'Whack-a-Mole.'

There may be some kid, in some Silicon Valley back room, intent upon delivering a death blow to GOOG.

Has not every (surviving) tech outfit transitioned into a relative flatline?
(Do not be in denial this is the creative destruction of capitalism - which moves at warp speed in the tech world.)

That is - unless you would label IBM and Microsoft as growth stocks!

Google's Downfall: Search Engine Optimization

Ha Ha.

You guys are funny. S.A. edited my title a bit. I am not exactly saying that the company is doomed. But - I do think that their business model has cracks in it. There are enormous risks to any tech investment.

And the 'stock market' search was just an example.

Again, this is what I love about Seeking Alpha.

Any idea with holes in it will be unceremoniously ripped!

No hard feelings...

Actually, GOOG is laying off workers and shutting down various applications outside of search this very moment. So, what does that say about top management's views of the direction of this company?

1: The company expanded too quickly.
2: The business has unsuccessfully attempted to diversify away from search.
3: Future value will be less than was anticipated at one point.