tombo

Google's First Hubristic Leap: Competing With the Internet

Don't know why you think "This is terribly dangerous for Google". As you say it's competing with other sites out there like about.com, etc. It's not breaking any new ground, and it's not in any way competing with their search business.

This is just another one of dozens of content ideas cooked up by their engineers. Maybe it will pay off maybe it won't. It won't even be a blip on their earnings if it fails, and it probably won't add more than a fraction of a percent if it succeeds. A big yawn-fest if you ask me.