whitenight - 8:21 pm on Sep 18, 2008 (gmt 0)

How true, gmail, google news, blogger, youtube, all complete and utter failures.

And which of these is innovative?

Gmail - do i even need to comment on this? ajax email. WOW!

News - according to the aforementioned thread, NOBODY wants to give them credit for being an actual news reporting agency, so they either get credit for it (and face the RESPONSIBILITY outlined in the thread)
OR
it's not so great.
Pick one.

Blogger - Google invented this?! News to me.

Youtube - Google invented this too?! I should read more.
(Psst. Have they found a way to monetize this yet?)

They've had one hit out of the park, and ever since a complete string of strikeouts

This is spot on.
As I've said many things... making billions of dollars has a funny way of making the TWO, yes only 2, creative people at the company not so interested in creating the next greatest thing since... hmmm.. windows?

PERHAPS, Goog (like the MS model they are emulating) will buy out the next genius mind who's working on this in her basement.
But Goog THE COMPANY hasn't invented ANYTHING yet.