Comments on: Nuttin’ But a G-Thang http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/ and the Magic Flying Media Machine Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: The Real Google Killer? at Gypsy Bandito http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4747 The Real Google Killer? at Gypsy Bandito Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:27:57 +0000 http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4747 [...] ads, Google and Yahoo! would pretty much be f**ked as far as revenue streams go. As Google CEO Eric Schmidt concedes, “the vast majority of [their] revenues comes from text [...] […] ads, Google and Yahoo! would pretty much be f**ked as far as revenue streams go. As Google CEO Eric Schmidt concedes, “the vast majority of [their] revenues comes from text […]

]]> By: CT Moore http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4374 CT Moore Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:57:52 +0000 http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4374 I think what Schmidt was getting at was that "Google" is the product. What that product does, moreover, is index information -- whether that's for search, to serve relevant ads, or manage email. So the product is an information index, and it has a variety of features that that users can use to interact with information. More to the point, however, I think that this kind of approach to the product/feature hierarchy is something that's distinctly web app. Take your shaving example: the shaving cream might be the product, but using a can as opposed to a brush is a feature. I think what Schmidt was getting at was that “Google” is the product. What that product does, moreover, is index information — whether that’s for search, to serve relevant ads, or manage email.

So the product is an information index, and it has a variety of features that that users can use to interact with information.

More to the point, however, I think that this kind of approach to the product/feature hierarchy is something that’s distinctly web app. Take your shaving example: the shaving cream might be the product, but using a can as opposed to a brush is a feature.

]]> By: Sanjay Mayar http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4235 Sanjay Mayar Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:39:31 +0000 http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4235 I've always thought of features as being components of a product. It can be (arguably) said Google offers 3 distinct products: AdSense, AdWords and Search. Whereas each has its own array of features that may be somewhat complimentary, the products themselves have little overlap in terms of application. When I buy a razor and shaving cream, they're not 2 features of one product - they're clearly 2 different products, however complimentary their function is. I need them to perform one task, but I can't substitute one for the other. What Schmidt is saying sounds like new-agey Web2.5 marketing buzz. He's reinventing the wheel by calling it a "diametric-spherical slice". Well, maybe not. But I hardly think of Google as a one-product company anymore than I think of a woman as a one-service organism...at least, not anymore. I’ve always thought of features as being components of a product. It can be (arguably) said Google offers 3 distinct products: AdSense, AdWords and Search. Whereas each has its own array of features that may be somewhat complimentary, the products themselves have little overlap in terms of application.

When I buy a razor and shaving cream, they’re not 2 features of one product - they’re clearly 2 different products, however complimentary their function is. I need them to perform one task, but I can’t substitute one for the other.

What Schmidt is saying sounds like new-agey Web2.5 marketing buzz. He’s reinventing the wheel by calling it a “diametric-spherical slice”.

Well, maybe not. But I hardly think of Google as a one-product company anymore than I think of a woman as a one-service organism…at least, not anymore.

]]> By: CT Moore http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4098 CT Moore Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:54:51 +0000 http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4098 I'm not sure what he meant by that. I think the important part of this quote, though, is how Schmidt differentiates between "products" and "features." I think that's exactly the kind of distinction that differentiates web apps from other forms of software. I’m not sure what he meant by that. I think the important part of this quote, though, is how Schmidt differentiates between “products” and “features.” I think that’s exactly the kind of distinction that differentiates web apps from other forms of software.

]]> By: Sanjay Mayar http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4088 Sanjay Mayar Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:25:04 +0000 http://gypsybandito.com/nuttin-but-a-g-thang/#comment-4088 "Content that is not searchable?" Does he mean content that is not generated by search, or content that cannot be indexed in their listings? I'm confused. What content is inherently not searchable? “Content that is not searchable?”

Does he mean content that is not generated by search, or content that cannot be indexed in their listings? I’m confused. What content is inherently not searchable?

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