Comments on: What's Google News worth? $100 million

By: Alicia

Alicia — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:57:47 +0000

Google's advertising and marketing teams are geniuses. This strategy really works for a strong and familiar brand.

I would like to read more about Google's strategies in advertising.

Alicia

The Wall Street Survivor

http://wallstreetsurvivor.com

By: Imam Mulyadi,Magelang Jawa Tengah Indonesia

Imam Mulyadi,Magelang Jawa Tengah Indonesia — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:34:21 +0000

Dear Google…how about cuil.com

By: Steve, Los Angeles, CA

Steve, Los Angeles, CA — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:34:27 +0000

The elephant in the room is how much of the $100M is taken out of newspapers pockets?

In theory, Google News should drive traffic to the newspaper sites but in some cases, the excerpts may be enough.

By: Prasad, San Francisco CA

Prasad, San Francisco CA — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:43:12 +0000

KK, I am an indian american and I am not sure what point you are trying to make. I am sure the Intel Pentium chip wasn't "invented" by one person. It was probably a collaborative effort involving many many people. There may have been a single engineer of Indian decent who played some lead role. So what? welcome to the human race and welcome to America and stop thinking in terms of race and nationalities.

btw according to wikipedia the hilltop algorithm was patented by two people: Krishna Bharat and George A. Mihăilă

By: KC, San Diego

KC, San Diego — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:13:53 +0000

Rebecca, your argument is a bit confusing. Are you saying that in order for Google to make money from Health users then using Google to search, they have to review your health info? That is absolutely false. Yes, they will be storing your search logs (which no human will ever be analyzing closely), but the health data is completely separate. It is true that Google as a whole is not a subject matter expert in health info management, but if you think that they didn't do their due diligence in hiring people that are, then you don't know much about Google. They are cocky enough about wanting to be the best at everything, that they invest a lot in bringing in the right people. The goal of Health is to do something that privatized medicine has never put the time, energy and money into – making universally accessible health records. Google has the cash in hand to do it, and even if this isn't the be-all-end-all product, it will probably be copied and iterated on by others, and could end up getting us to a system where you don't have to have your shots records in a little book in your filing cabinet, and you don't have to have your archaic doctor's office copy your records at $.10/page.

By: SS, New York

SS, New York — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:10:57 +0000

Josh,

Unlike many other immigrant community, Indians in the America who make it big are those who are born and educated in India, spend good 20-25 yrs in India before migrating to US.

Now, name one dutch who was born and educated in one of those dutch lands and made it really big ?

By: Josh, Denver Co

Josh, Denver Co — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:17:44 +0000

KK,

Welcome to the melting pot of America. You don't see my work being credited to the American Dutch heritage.

By the way, I work with many Indian Americans and they are all exceptional people.

By: Rebecca Saltiel, Westmont IL

Rebecca Saltiel, Westmont IL — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:49:20 +0000

"If people come to Google for their health records, they’ll end up using the search engine to buy prescriptions, find doctors, whatever. And in the process, Google will cash in." In order for Google to achieve above and optimize the appropriate $/advertisement then you have to monitor the individuals search- the process of searching then reviewing your health info – will not protect your privacy – it will invite the tracking of your subject matter. Since Google is not a subject matter expert in the managment of health information – they will not spend the resources to provide a quality product that actually provide value to a patient/individual

By: technistar-- los angeles, ca

technistar-- los angeles, ca — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:32:29 +0000

Better news at http://www.cwebnews.com

International selections are amazing.

By: banglo, beverly hills, ca

banglo, beverly hills, ca — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:51:01 +0000

Another search engine flying under the radar: Trendy Newz