What comes after G

if the theories are right, what's next?

[too much information]

The talk about a Google IPO and the latest update have brought on theories that Google is gearing up to make AdWords, and AdSense the focus of their business.

Now on the face of things I would think that taking the company public would require growing earnings for investors and a slow end to the general free listings. After all Google as a company would have to make money, and there is nothing wrong with that but where will the free listings go? Is the entire search industry going to go PFI or PPC?

I know there are a few small engines that still do not operate from PFI or PPC, but where are they and is there any chance that their results would interest the general public?

Generally when I search for things I head to Google and try every search I can think of until I find what I am looking for. I prefer to find my results in the free listings because I am more likely to find what I am looking for without having to subscribe or pay for the information. Sometimes this can take a while, and sometimes I have to hit a few engines but most of my old favorites are powered by ... Google.

Where are the non-google powered engines? Are there any that still stick to the basics and don't provide PFI or PPC? Better yet, are there any that have the potential to step into the place that Google now holds after it moves on?

[jeremy goodrich]

too much information: the best place to start is the charter for this very forum:
[webmasterworld.com...]

I think Ian Turner was about to say something similar ;)

Why not pick a specific one, and then use that as a starting point?

[DaveAtIFG]

Neither Teoma or AskJeeves are included in the charter. Jeeves already drives some traffic and, Teoma has great potential and some unique features.

[jeremy goodrich]

Dave, my dear friend, perhaps you are thinking of the Ask Jeeves & Teoma Forum [webmasterworld.com] right here at webmasterworld ;)

[DaveAtIFG]

Would you believe, I thought too_much_information overlooked it? You shouldn't! I did indeed forget about it, sorry 'bout that.

We need a smiley with a RED face! ;)

[sidyadav]

rofl ;)

[percentages]

>if the theories are right, what's next?

Most of the theories are wrong IMHO ;)

This is a bit like predicting whether communism (Russian format) was likely to succeed in 1963.....today the question seems stupid....but at that time it was very real.

>What's next?

Google will rule for another 8 to 12 months and will gradually be surpassed by one of Yahoo's products closely followed by one of M$'s.

By the turn of the decade it will turn out to be a fight between Yahoo and M$ (personally my money is on M$) with Google coming in third.

By 2015 M$ will rule, Yahoo will be allowed to live as competition (like Apple today) and Google will be talked about like AV, Northern Light, and Lycos are today.

It took 15+ years for M$ to dominate the PC software market, it will take another 10+ years for them to dominate the Internet. Eventually the mighty dollar always wins....in the meantime we can all have fun calling the positions ;)