Comments on: Google Goes Geocities On Us http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/ A discussion of online advertising, web entrepreneurship, and personal ramblings from Pat McCarthy.. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aram Herschensohn http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/comment-page-1/#comment-288870 Aram Herschensohn Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:06:14 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/#comment-288870 eBay is moving towards the "Buy It Now" system. So Google is in fact trying to get into the "online store" market in which eBay, Amazon and Yahoo are already players. The consensus online is that people are tired of auctions. They want to buy items immediately, and not have to wait 5 days to see if they win an auction. Five years ago, auctions, priceline, shopping bots and mail-in rebates were all the craze. People are lazy now. I find it amusing that people can't wait 5 days to buy a product that will take another 5 days to ship to them. It's like Meatloaf: "I will do anything to get the best possible price for merchandise, but I won't do that." eBay is moving towards the “Buy It Now” system. So Google is in fact trying to get into the “online store” market in which eBay, Amazon and Yahoo are already players.

The consensus online is that people are tired of auctions. They want to buy items immediately, and not have to wait 5 days to see if they win an auction. Five years ago, auctions, priceline, shopping bots and mail-in rebates were all the craze. People are lazy now.

I find it amusing that people can’t wait 5 days to buy a product that will take another 5 days to ship to them. It’s like Meatloaf: “I will do anything to get the best possible price for merchandise, but I won’t do that.”

]]> By: Pat McCarthy http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Pat McCarthy Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:46:02 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/#comment-645 While Google may be heading in that direction to provide the tools to build stores, in no means do I think that means they're about to take that business from Ebay. Other major players like Yahoo and Amazon (who both have more ecommerce experience than Google) tried and failed to gain market share in the auction market. Not that it can't be done, but Google just launching that ability doesn't mean they have all the integrated powersellers and buyers that eBay already has established. There is a lot of power in eBay already having the marketplace built. While Google may be heading in that direction to provide the tools to build stores, in no means do I think that means they’re about to take that business from Ebay. Other major players like Yahoo and Amazon (who both have more ecommerce experience than Google) tried and failed to gain market share in the auction market.

Not that it can’t be done, but Google just launching that ability doesn’t mean they have all the integrated powersellers and buyers that eBay already has established. There is a lot of power in eBay already having the marketplace built.

]]> By: Nir Ben-Dor http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Nir Ben-Dor Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:03:58 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/#comment-640 Google is about to take over the business of eBay by providing everyone with the tools to build onlile stores. Google pages is the first step. Read more at http://www.comagz.com/webmagazine/news/google_web_page_creator_and_google_strategy I read & write @ Linkadelic Magazine. You can too. Google is about to take over the business of eBay by providing everyone with the tools to build onlile stores. Google pages is the first step.

Read more at
http://www.comagz.com/webmagazine/news/google_web_page_creator_and_google_strategy

I read & write @ Linkadelic Magazine. You can too.

]]> By: Pat McCarthy http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Pat McCarthy Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:05:42 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/#comment-638 Hah, great point Andew. There's probably already more spam pages than real web pages already. Hah, great point Andew. There’s probably already more spam pages than real web pages already.

]]> By: Andrew Johnson http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/comment-page-1/#comment-637 Andrew Johnson Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:51:31 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/#comment-637 Eventually used by spammers? They were already thinking about how to exploit this when the news broke last yesterday ;) Eventually used by spammers? They were already thinking about how to exploit this when the news broke last yesterday ;)

]]> By: Things That ... Make You Go Hmm http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/comment-page-1/#comment-636 Things That ... Make You Go Hmm Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:32:09 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/#comment-636 <strong>Can I play with madness, oops, Google Page Creator oops!</strong> Oops is the keyword. The intro iteration of the Google Page Creator which will let you create pages at GOOGLEACCOUNTNAME.googlepages.com made its appearance last night and it’s cut out of the mold of GeoCities free hosting — minus the annoy... Can I play with madness, oops, Google Page Creator oops!

Oops is the keyword.
The intro iteration of the Google Page Creator which will let you create pages at GOOGLEACCOUNTNAME.googlepages.com made its appearance last night and it’s cut out of the mold of GeoCities free hosting — minus the annoy…

]]> By: Josh http://www.conversionrater.com/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/comment-page-1/#comment-635 Josh Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:01:02 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2006/02/23/google-goes-geocities-on-us/#comment-635 And as with another famous recent Google product release (Analytics) they have apparently underestimated demand. Here's the message I just got when I tried to use the new tool... "Google Page Creator is having a little trouble right now. This is not because of anything you did; it's just a little hiccup in our system that will hopefully go away soon. We apologize for the inconvenience, and recommend you try reloading this page." I understand that "you get what you pay for" theory - but on the other hand for a company whose business model is mostly based on monetizing individual usage of free applications (ads on search, ads on content, ads in Gmail) the fact that a few of their recent free apps have missed the mark (capacity wise) would be troubling to me as a Google shareholder. And as with another famous recent Google product release (Analytics) they have apparently underestimated demand. Here’s the message I just got when I tried to use the new tool…

“Google Page Creator is having a little trouble right now.
This is not because of anything you did; it’s just a little hiccup in our system that will hopefully go away soon. We apologize for the inconvenience, and recommend you try reloading this page.”

I understand that “you get what you pay for” theory – but on the other hand for a company whose business model is mostly based on monetizing individual usage of free applications (ads on search, ads on content, ads in Gmail) the fact that a few of their recent free apps have missed the mark (capacity wise) would be troubling to me as a Google shareholder.

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