Liane

msg:1239066 | 10:40 pm on Jan 6, 2002 (gmt 0) |
>Find this soon-to-be-public company some new corporate customers and, more important, some new sources of revenue.< And so it begins. Bets on when pay to play comes into effect?
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engine

msg:1239067 | 10:49 pm on Jan 6, 2002 (gmt 0) |
"...Praised by wonks..." What? Excuuuuse me. If it's profitable now, what'll happen when it's on the "markets?" Stand by your wallets.
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Brett_Tabke

msg:1239068 | 11:01 pm on Jan 6, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Did that not translate into kings english engine?
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engine

msg:1239069 | 11:06 pm on Jan 6, 2002 (gmt 0) |
<off topic> I had a "Gonk" as a kid - a stuffed toy! Is is a Wonky Gonk (leans over on one side)? No, Brett, I don't think it did. </off topic>
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Brett_Tabke

msg:1239070 | 12:45 am on Jan 7, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Wonk - sorta like "geek", but more professional. It grew in usage during the Clinton administration when he was regularly referred to as a Policy Wonk (someone who enjoys reading the latest budget proposals...etc). I am kinda mixed on the possiblity of a Google IPO. Things would sure change. Not over night, but slowly they would. One little twist at a time.
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Abrexa_UK

msg:1239071 | 2:36 am on Jan 7, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Well, the obvious direction for them to take is to start charging along similar lines to Inktomi and Altavista. But, if they scale it according to their traffic....then it could be very expensive. Perhaps the 'Fresh' thing is the tester for this - we will have to pay for pages to be refreshed daily in the future?
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minnapple

msg:1239072 | 4:21 am on Jan 7, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Dependency on one or on a few suppliers can be a dangerous practice. I believe diversity is key to withstandng any change in the market place.
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Beachboy

msg:1239073 | 5:07 am on Jan 7, 2002 (gmt 0) |
::: Sigh ::: I fear the worst. Better for searchers that the wondrous Google stay private. Any bets on a worthy Google successor after the IPO?
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zechariah

msg:1239074 | 6:09 am on Jan 7, 2002 (gmt 0) |
this leads me to think that google will eventually be used by MSN as a engine rather than inktomi? must be even as google is indexing M$ extensions -what more is does M$ wants- google wants $.
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Liane

msg:1239075 | 11:51 am on Jan 7, 2002 (gmt 0) |
zechariah, I certainly hope you are wrong. MSN+Google+Overture = another Yahoo. Who needs it? I hope they will be more creative than that. (edited by: Liane at 12:51 pm (utc) on Jan. 7, 2002)
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ROLAND_F

msg:1239076 | 12:36 pm on Jan 7, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Google IPO ? Banners ads will appear soon IMHO :(.
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Brett_Tabke

msg:1239077 | 12:44 pm on Jan 7, 2002 (gmt 0) |
The older threads on it: [webmasterworld.com...] Google IPO [webmasterworld.com] [webmasterworld.com...]
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