Comments on: Is Google Coming to A Place Near You? http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/01/20/is-google-coming-to-a-place-near-you/ Work from home | social media for home based business | Des Walsh | mentor coach Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/01/20/is-google-coming-to-a-place-near-you/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Anonymous Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/01/20/is-google-coming-to-a-place-near-you/#comment-342 Fascinating, Noric. I've heard several people who are specialists in online marketing say they spend time in bookshops finding out what people are interested in, indicated as you say by what's taking the shelf space. And in Australia, the magazine shelves in newsagents can help too. Fascinating, Noric. I’ve heard several people who are specialists in online marketing say they spend time in bookshops finding out what people are interested in, indicated as you say by what’s taking the shelf space. And in Australia, the magazine shelves in newsagents can help too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/01/20/is-google-coming-to-a-place-near-you/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Anonymous Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/01/20/is-google-coming-to-a-place-near-you/#comment-341 Thanks Des for writing about the important subject of Google and its market presence or dominance. Today I spent 30 minutes at Dymocks, Sydney's largest downtown bookstore. I do this from time to time as a form of market research; it tell's me what's hot in the minds of authors and book publishers, if not the book buying public. I judge what's hot basically by the amount of shelf space attributed to the topic and the speed at which the space is growing. What surprised me today was that there was an almost entire rack or column of books devoted to Google and next to it another devoted almost exclusively to eBay. I'll be going back in 6 and 12 months to see whether the shelf space allocation for them has shrunk or grown. I'm just observing something simple here, there's a lot of current buzz about these corporations and I believe all of it is justifiable. They are currently central to the invention of the future, and the wealth being generated is certainly heading towards <strong>GoogleBay</strong>, though <strong>Tweed Heads</strong> deserves more of a slice. :) Thanks Des for writing about the important subject of Google and its market presence or dominance. Today I spent 30 minutes at Dymocks, Sydney’s largest downtown bookstore. I do this from time to time as a form of market research; it tell’s me what’s hot in the minds of authors and book publishers, if not the book buying public. I judge what’s hot basically by the amount of shelf space attributed to the topic and the speed at which the space is growing.

What surprised me today was that there was an almost entire rack or column of books devoted to Google and next to it another devoted almost exclusively to eBay. I’ll be going back in 6 and 12 months to see whether the shelf space allocation for them has shrunk or grown. I’m just observing something simple here, there’s a lot of current buzz about these corporations and I believe all of it is justifiable. They are currently central to the invention of the future, and the wealth being generated is certainly heading towards GoogleBay, though Tweed Heads deserves more of a slice. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/01/20/is-google-coming-to-a-place-near-you/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Anonymous Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:02:00 +0000 http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/01/20/is-google-coming-to-a-place-near-you/#comment-340 Bring on Google as an ISP in Australia - anywhere and everywhere, I say - because BigPond is a miserly outfit, a mean-minded monopoly of a joke. Look at the broadband costs - outrageous, for speeds that are still really slow, and the kitsch templates, and tiny email MBs for mailboxes and websites they offer - free with ... what? What's free? Google is free. BigPond and Telstra are robbing us blind and grinding us down in the process. Bring on Google as an ISP in Australia – anywhere and everywhere, I say – because BigPond is a miserly outfit, a mean-minded monopoly of a joke. Look at the broadband costs – outrageous, for speeds that are still really slow, and the kitsch templates, and tiny email MBs for mailboxes and websites they offer – free with … what? What’s free? Google is free. BigPond and Telstra are robbing us blind and grinding us down in the process.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/01/20/is-google-coming-to-a-place-near-you/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Anonymous Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:04:00 +0000 http://www.thinkinghomebusiness.com/2007/01/20/is-google-coming-to-a-place-near-you/#comment-339 Des, it's also possible that Google's approaching foks in your neck of the woods is just an example of the Long Tail at work. Those pennies add up. - Dennis Des, it’s also possible that Google’s approaching foks in your neck of the woods is just an example of the Long Tail at work. Those pennies add up.

- Dennis

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