Comments on: Search Wars - Microsoft vs Google

By: Microsoft adCenter - Where's The Revenue?

Microsoft adCenter - Where's The Revenue? — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:43:22 +0000

[…] to be gathered from adCenter conversion coding in the same way. ESPECIALLY with their desire to go toe-to-toe with Google on the search […]

By: The Doug

The Doug — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:37:52 +0000

Hi Shana! That’s a great great great point you bring up, but it has been my experience all throughout that going with something that costs a little bit less and can be made to do the same work (with a little more of my own work) has been the way that most companies go. Of course there are those ones out there that stay on the cutting edge as well, but I think that the general flow will be to the less expensive.

By: The Doug

The Doug — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:32:30 +0000

Nick! I SO love watching these events as well. Makes for such an interesting show and all kinds of speculation. At least there are almost always great usage benefits as a legacy from such fierce business titan wars in the software and internet industry.

By: The Doug

The Doug — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:28:11 +0000

Hey Make Money Blogging! I think you are right, and anyone who is a current Sharepoint user won’t be so easily converted to the Google alternative. Microsoft has definitely placed as firm a hand on office software as Google has on Search, so that’s just one of the things that keeps this interesting.

By: Shana Albert

Shana Albert — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:58:14 +0000

It is a lot of money, but then you are using a tool that has been developed by the best guys in the ’search’ industry.

By: Nick James

Nick James — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:25:09 +0000

I love these global corporation tear-ups. As a fully paid-up cynic, it’s often good just to sit on the sidelines and wait to see who eventually slopes off to their mom with a bloody nose and tears in their eyes. Both parties have a fair-sized hate campaign behind them, but I think you’re right about the FREE bit tipping it for Microsoft.
Of course, if it handles like a brick…

By: Make Money Blogging

Make Money Blogging — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:20:16 +0000

I’m a past sharepoint user and its a great piece of software. I think larger companies who already use windows and office would not consider the google alternative to this sort of product.