Search engines will have to offer financial incentives

[Krumel]

Search engines will have to offer financial incentives, says Bill Gates

‘Google is getting about $50 per year for your searching. Yet, because it does not think it has any competition, it is not giving any of that back to you,’ he said.

‘As search becomes competitive and people realise that other offerings are as good, or are even significantly better, there will be price competition.

‘You will get some free content or a cheque, or some incentive to use a different search engine. Competition for users has not even kicked in. I can assure you it will not stay that way.’

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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates talks to Computing

Google is generating the sort of stock market and media excitement that was once afforded to the younger Microsoft. The search engine firm is seen by many experts as trying to disrupt the market in much the same way as Gates once did with the rise of the PC.

But, while acknowledging Google as ‘a fine company, a serious competitor’, he is dismissive of the threat.

‘Which Google products are you talking about? Seriously? Other than search, which are you talking about? Google Talk? Wow. A total “me too” product. Even Gmail – what is the unique thing?’ he says.

‘We need to surprise people and do a search that is way better than Google, and we are very on top of that. The idea of development tools, a natural interface, productivity software – Google is not in any of those categories. People are acting as if they will magically be in these other categories with something more than a “me too” offering. It is kind of fun that people underestimate what we are going to do here.’

This would not be the first time that Microsoft has seen off stiff competition.

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[Razvan Pop]

Bill Gates, asta vorbeste sa se afle in treaba. Tot ce face Microsoft e mai mult sau mai putin Beta.

[Ben Boingeanu]

Urat. Billy al nostru vrea sa faca precum proverbu: "sa moara vecinu si sa-i fure capra...". Nu asa se procedeaza in concurenta. Pacat.

[Toto]

Rusinica Bili invidiosule !
Ti-ar place sa pui gheara si pe gugal, a ?
Cred ca mai bine il baga astia in faliment decat sa ajunga vreodata la tine... :lol:

[myamar]

O fi gmail un "me too" dar mi-a marit contul de mail de la yahoo de la 10-20Mb la 1000.

[Krumel]

Google slams US government requests for data

Iain Thomson, vnunet.com 20 Feb 2006

Google has issued a stinging rebuke to the US government's legal request for copies of all search terms used, and the URLs they identify, over a two-month period.

The US Department of Justice filed a legal case against the search firm last month after it refused to hand over the data, which the government is seeking to help devise a law that would protect children from internet pornography.

Google's legal response describes the government's request as "so uninformed as to be nonsensical".

[Cristian Mezei]

Toti : rusinica Bill..

Asta e un forum despre Google bah, de-aia ...

Daca era un forum despre Microsoft si tehnologiile Microsoft, sa mor de nu spuneati toti, Bravo Bill.