Alphabet Google: Just Going Up and Up
August 30, 2016
Zero gravity. Remember that phrase from the pre Dot Com deflation? I noted this write up about Google: “Opinion: Google Shares Have Rocketed 1,499% Since the Company’s IPO 12 Years Ago Today.” I noted this statement in the source document:
Google went public 12 years ago today (Aug. 19), and while the company has changed its name, after expanding into different product lines and services from its original internet search specialty, what hasn’t changed is its ability to keep growing and enriching its loyal shareholders.
The old fashioned idea that a company cannot continue to grow and generate hefty payoffs for its stakeholders does not seem to apply to the Alphabet Google thing.
The write up includes a chart which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the GOOG is a winner:
The company has a string of recent successes too: Earnings per share and net income margins. My take on the write up is that only a silly person would not try to hop on the Alphabet Google hyperloop.
I did not a different tone in “5 Reasons Not to Use Google Search.” Why would a person find fault with Google? I learned:
- Google tracks users. DuckDuckGo, on the other hand, does not, according to the write up.
- Technical queries are not so hot on the GOOG. The fix is to use Wolfram Alpha, a system whose search syntax is indeed crystal clear.
- Google allegedly does not index nor provide search results from the Deep Web. That’s a good generalization, but the author seems not to point to Google’s investment in Recorded Future, which does handle the Dark Web. The fix is to use the OnionDir, a Deep Web link directory. What is the difference between the Deep Web and the Dark Web, by the way?
- Google does not deliver stellar video search results. The remediation for this weakness is Bing.
- Finally, one can make money running Bing queries. I wonder why Bing is paying for searchers if the system is a Big Dog in information retrieval.
Methinks the weaknesses write up is at the other end of the spectrum from the Alphabet Google goes up and up article.
Where’s the truth? Everything I read on the Internet is accurate, right?
Stephen E Arnold, August 30, 2016
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