Beware – the Google monster!
The Google monster!
Julian Lee’s 4 page rant about the evil Google monster might just be one example of how the old media is fighting their decline into insignificance. As he writes “The irony is that the media helped create the monster now giving them nightmares and there is little they can do to stop it.”
Well the old media might have contributed to Google’s growth but significantly any serious analysis of Google’s rise would put most of its success down to “search”. Google focused on search from the beginning because they were smart enough to see where the future was going in the internet age whereas media barons like Rupert had their eyes firmly rooted on the rear vision mirror.
I disagree with Julian’s foray into fear and uncertainty simply because he fails to demonstrate how Google is bad for me. It seems that Google is only bad for the old media world and the real irony is the concern being expressed by the old media about monopoly power. Murdoch and Microsoft arguing against market monopolies? Only when it isn’t their monopoly. Give me a break!
