The Omnigoogle

Rough Type by Nick Carr | Sep. 17, 2008 (Opinion)

Google's protean appearance is not a reflection of its core business. Rather, it stems from the vast number of complements to its core business. Complements are, to put it simply, any products or services that tend be consumed together. Think hot dogs and mustard, or houses and mortgages. For Google, literally everything that happens on the Internet is a complement to its main business. The more things that people and companies do online, the more ads they ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Advertising, Innovation, Internet, Google
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Sep 17, 2008 - 1:17 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Dwight Rousu (review), James Staley (review)
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The article oogles the google in a geekishly interesting way. The omnipresence of google on the net presented in the article suggested to me the need for government oversight to avoid monopolistic control of information networks, given the neocon love for free markets and the collapse of our financial system due to out of control greed.

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James Staley
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 by James Staley - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a clear, concise, and accurately informative overview of Google's business strategy and the moral cause (the liberation of information for the masses) that fuels this ever-growing internet behemoth.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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