01-23-2006, 08:59 AM
Quote:In the 18 months since its stock market flotation, Google has been transformed from a company that prided itself on being simple and effective, into a multi-headed high tech beast which wants to get involved in everything.
According to Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products at the company's Silicon Valley headquarters, Google likes to release new products "early and often".
And that means, she cheerfully admits, that nine out of ten ideas will fail...
If Google is in danger of over-diversifying its product range, its source of income remains largely one-dimensional - and therefore potentially vulnerable.
Google makes its money from advertising...
full article:Â http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4598090.stm
BBC Two the Money Programme video "The World According to Google" (29 minutes long video) http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_we...6x9_nb.asx