One way ticket to Google

JR — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:13:16 +0000

So Google have just released the Google petrol price tracker, What a great idea! Not only did they design something we can all use on a daily basis but they did it first. There are more in the wind but still in development, this is the first and so easy to use. Being first on the market is essential in a product or service’s success. We’ve seen it before and have seen it again this week with the release of the Android Phone. An open relationship between Google and their partners. Will it come close to competing with the ‘first to market’ iPhone? Time will tell.

It was this that brought me to notice how much my online daily activities evolve around Google and their products. I spend about 10 hours a day online and outside the daily online duties it is predominantly spent using something designed by Google through the browser or its integration into Firefox.

What are they?

Google Apps account for my email, docs and calendar.
Google Reader for my RSS feeds.
Google Finance for all my market updates, and
iGoogle for combining them all in the one window.

It does not stop there at the computer either, the iPhone’s most used browser app is Google Apps and Google for the iPhone. read more on the iPhone setup here.

So what’s it all mean? Has Google entrenched themselves that deeply into our daily routine without us noticing that they are about to take over the world and buy out Microsoft next? Hardly! But who knows… What we do know is ‘they’re all over it!’. When somebody builds up enough market share and confidence, you listen and take note when they release something new and in some little way, take warning. As we have learnt from Google in the past, there may very well be bigger and better things around the corner. As usual, I am looking forward to their next big thing. If only I had some of their shares… “Now, where’s that Google Finance page?”.

Justin Roselt - Media and Design » Internet

One way ticket to Google