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Microsoft vs. Google: Battle of Epic Proportions

GoogleApps has zero value for businesses. I say this because 99.9% of GoogleApps users pay zero for the service.

GoogleApps has less than 150K paid users and that number doesn't get ANYONE on ANY software radar screen!

No serious business uses a free service for a mission critical business application.

Also, businesses will never pay for an application that has BETA VERSION listed on the work screen!

Google Opens Doors to Resellers

Michael Arrington, if you believe the numbers Google gives you relating to Google Apps, then you are the greatest sucker living today.

Google is giving resellers a whopping 20% markup and telling resellers they must pay for their own marketing, training, and technical support.

By industry standards, this are pathetic margins when faced with ads, teaching and support questions down the road.

Google is the king of search.

MSFT is the king of the reseller channel. Google's role in the channel is a joke...a very bad joke to boot!

Google and YouTube: Dynamic Duo Dominates Search

When will YouTube actually generate revenue and profits for Google? All of Google's aquisitions have been FLOPS because Dave Girourd, the head of Google Enterprise is a dipshit and cannot market either himself or any of his products to drive any measurable revenue.

Other than for search, Google is a worthless ad agency who dabbles in technology!

Buy, Sell or Hold: Google Still Leaves Competitors in the Dust

This "analyst" drinks the Google water and treats it like manna!

Google is a one trick pony and their stock price correctly establishes their corporate value for paid search.

Unless and until Google can produce real revenue and profits from their non-search products, investors will continue to see this stock price make a valiant attempt at $150 per share!

Share of Online Searches by Engine, Sept. 2008

It is amazing how much market share Google has within paid search.

I believe an Obama DOJ will somehow find a way to investigate Google for potential monopoly practices.

Google Isn't Evil - Just Shortsighted

I am glad to see the DOJ at least look at how Google makes it's rules. No longer do I believe the mantra of "do no evil" as everytime Google changes their algorythm, thousands of small businesses catch a bad case of the cold.

Search Gaining on Email as Universal Activity

Google is well positioned in both areas here. Sweet! Now if Google could convince folks to PURCHASE Google Apps and use the hosted email service!

5 Key Quotes from Google on the Internet Industry

Oh, and a quick NS lookup for Sanmina.com (listed as a new Google Apps "user" shows their email MX record pointed toward Message Labs...a Postini competitor.

Can't those Google execs get their facts correct?

5 Key Quotes from Google on the Internet Industry

GE using Postini? Hmmm...When I do an NS lookup for all listed GE domains (on the GE web site), I see NONE of those domains pointing their MX records toward Postini. If MX records don't point to Postini, then email ain't going through the Postini scanners. So, where is Postini within GE? Mmmmm? But that doesn't detour the Google PR team to get ahead of this story.

Google cannot document all those 500,000 "users" of Google Apps as bona fide PAYING customers. 99% of that half million Google Apps "users" are using the FREE version of Google Apps.

Google needs to be a whole bunch more HONEST as to the difference between a "user" who doesn't PAY for Google Apps, and a "customer" that does pay.

But then again, Google ain't very honest about how poorly received Google Apps has been. I mean, Google has "released" Google Apps at least three times.