Network Effect

Google Hasn't Won the Search Game Yet

I was wondering when the media would start to talk about this. This phenomenon has been going on for quite some time. The loophole has always been there in Google's lead generation model, but Wall Street and the media has a blind eye to anything bad about one of their darlings. Investors, listed hard to what this author is saying. LEAD GENERATION BUSINESS MODELS HAVE A FATAL FLAW. THERE IS A LOOPHOLE BECAUSE TRANSACTIONS ARE NOT PROCESSED THROUGH THE LEAD GENERATOR. This is why eBay, PayPal, and Skype is a far superior business model and if they can reignite a culture of innovation inside the company, they will definitely not lose the stranglehold they have on commerce, payments and communication. And, because of the compounding network effect of their three customer bases, they will eventually win search and social networking as well. But, if they don't reignite innovation inside the company, they may lose their grip on their current businesses and don't have a shot at winning the next game. And more than likely Google will win if that's the case. But it's eBay's to lose.