Google's Domination

[nobackseat]

What do you all think of Google's domination in, well almost everything.

Google Web Search
Google Chrome
Google Desktop
Google Earth
Google Maps
Google News
Google Toolbar
Google Code
Google Calendar
Google Alerts
Google Mobile
Google Mail
Google Docs
Google Translate
Google Books
Google Sites
Google Talk
Google Sketchup
Google Knol
Google Directory
Google Health
Google Finance
Google Realtime
Google Product Search
Google Patent Search
Google Android
Google Chrome OS

Not to mention they also own at least some percentage of:

YouTube
Blogger
AOL
reCAPTCHA
Metaweb
Etherpad

Here is a full list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ions_by_Google

What do you think of this? As you can see by the Wikipedia page, Google has already bought four companies this year!

I imagine, not too long from now, there'll be a Google Pharmacy, Google Car and whatever else they can think of.

Is Google's domination positive or negative to you and what do you think will the future holds?

NBS

[gabzo]

Well i will start with this.....

Youtube is google owned they are the ones who started it. It's not a %.
Same for blogger
The rest I;m not sure.


I find that it's a cool thing but it can be a positive thing as long as their is always some sort of competition because if google gets greedy everybody would leave to the other one and google wouldn't be able to charge to expensive and stuff. It is especially good for the owners. LOl

[nobackseat]

Youtube is google owned they are the ones who started it.

Google did not start YouTube, and I know that Google fully owns that company.

It's not a %.

So it would be 100%...

I stated "at least some percentage of" because I knew that some were only partial, but I wanted to generalize them into one short list.

Yes, I agree that it has some positive aspects, and indeed particularly for website owners.

It is nice to have a variety though, because Google can't please everyone.

Thanks for your input!

NBS

[cpvr]

I've been a huge fan of Google for a while - all the tools that they offer for us webmasters. It makes everything so easy.
And not to mention all the traffic it brings to websites.

[Gabby]

Lol, Google's domination has increased since this has been posted. Their growth is astonishing.

[cpvr]

Lol, Google's domination has increased since this has been posted. Their growth is astonishing.

Especially since they have mobile phones out now as well as a social networking site. It's been amazing seeing Google grow into a power-house over the years.

[Gabby]

Especially since they have mobile phones out now as well as a social networking site. It's been amazing seeing Google grow into a power-house over the years.

Just wait for them to take over Facebook, lol. Or a portion of it.

I bet you anything they will become the US Government. xD