How does Google[x] relate to the company strategy? Maintaining the appearance of benevolence? @asymco @monkbent @BenedictEvans
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@monkbent@asymco@BenedictEvans So, Google[x] is simply a plaything for Page and Brin? -
@joshuajames@monkbent@benedictevans Plaything is judgmental. It's important not to convey any intent other than experimentation. -
@asymco@monkbent@BenedictEvans Didn't mean 'plaything' to sound like a judgement. Experiments usually start with a hypothesis, no? -
@joshuajames@asymco@BenedictEvans anything that contributes data accretes to current business model; new model also wise (see my latest) -
@monkbent@asymco@BenedictEvans how about Google[x] as a PR exercise — in order to maintain flow of signal data?
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@monkbent@joshuajames@asymco@BenedictEvans Googles current Raison d'être is monetising purchase intents. Not sure if that's future model -
@ianwaring@monkbent@joshuajames@benedictevans There is a fundamental flaw in assuming its (current) business model is causal to anything. -
@asymco@monkbent@BenedictEvans The purpose of Google[x] may be good PR or to discover black swans — but I don't believe it's random. -
@joshuajames@monkbent@BenedictEvans in the same way that the will of an individual is not random. -
@asymco@monkbent@BenedictEvans So we're back to where this started: How does Google[x] relate to the company strategy? -
@asymco@monkbent@BenedictEvans I'm thinking it's *partially* just good PR.
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@monkbent@joshuajames@asymco@BenedictEvans if & when search revenue shows marginal decline,all this will go away. Google is no Amazon :) -
@monkbent@joshuajames@asymco@BenedictEvans nice.goog may be facing apple problem.there is no other business like search just like iPhone.
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@monkbent@joshuajames@asymco@BenedictEvans Google changes its search algorithm for the same reason MS makes a new os. Profit. -
@vervaak@monkbent@joshuajames@benedictevans Search is not the end but a means to an end.
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@monkbent@joshuajames@asymco@BenedictEvans Wait a minute, they have stolen Amazon's goal!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@monkbent@joshuajames@asymco@BenedictEvans It's analogous to Bell Labs or Xerox PARC. Infrastructure company R&D on using infrastructure.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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