Health Guy

Google Health Unveiled: Open the Flood Gates

Well, I guess we will agree to disagree. You are impressed by Google Health and I am not. Who knows? Maybe something interesting will evolve-certainly Google knows how to innovate. And its nice that someone is writing about online health. That is rare.

But I dont think Google Health represents any additional value to cause any investor to buy Google stock. And this is a website about investing, right?

Google Health Unveiled: Open the Flood Gates

A) I dont work for a market research firm.

B) Google already has ADAM and every other content provider integrated into their search results.

C) Google already is the leader in the online health ad space.

D) Nothing about Google Health inidicates that they can gain traction with users or make money. Just saying that a market is "a billion dollar industry" doesnt make it so. In fact, I dont know anyone who is making any money in PHR field.

My point here is simple: broad, general statements that have no historical fact or logical assumptions are useless. And how investors usually get burned....

Google Health Unveiled: Open the Flood Gates

No offense but your evalutaion of Google Health shows a lack of expertise in the online health space. And as for their content, its simply licensed from ADAM just like tons of other health websites. The fact is there is no motivation for users to use this service, secure or not, and it will gain zero traction. People have been trying to get users to import their data for years with zero success. And now the WSJ reports that the CBO is saying that any benefit from digital health records is overstated and likely non-existent.

Google should just stick with search. After all, they already eat WebMD's lunch by taking the majority of Pharma ad dollars already.