Comments on: Google and Our Economic Recession http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:43:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Malte Landwehr http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/comment-page-1/#comment-1089605 Malte Landwehr Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:58:55 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/#comment-1089605 For Google the current financial crisis and recession is not a threat. It's an opportunity. In 2009 online ad spend will not decline but rather rise. Traditional ad budgets will be swapped to internet advertising because it offers better tracking, better scaling and better roi. For Google the current financial crisis and recession is not a threat. It’s an opportunity. In 2009 online ad spend will not decline but rather rise. Traditional ad budgets will be swapped to internet advertising because it offers better tracking, better scaling and better roi.

]]> By: RedEvo http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/comment-page-1/#comment-1089490 RedEvo Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:17:26 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/#comment-1089490 Newspapers are going out of business as more advertising moves online. Obviously Google isn't recession proof but I wouldn't write it off just yet. For me, if Matt's listening, I'd suggest the engineers 20% projects should concentrate on killing link spam ;) That presents the biggest risk to Google's future IMHO. d Newspapers are going out of business as more advertising moves online. Obviously Google isn’t recession proof but I wouldn’t write it off just yet.

For me, if Matt’s listening, I’d suggest the engineers 20% projects should concentrate on killing link spam ;) That presents the biggest risk to Google’s future IMHO.

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]]> By: John Hunter http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/comment-page-1/#comment-1089465 John Hunter Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:50:03 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/#comment-1089465 Many people seemed to think the article stated the 20% projects were ending. Maybe Matt can tell the CEO he should use 25 (or some other figure) when saying projects might not get as many engineers assigned as easily now - so people don't get confused :-) Many people seemed to think the article stated the 20% projects were ending. Maybe Matt can tell the CEO he should use 25 (or some other figure) when saying projects might not get as many engineers assigned as easily now – so people don’t get confused :-)

]]> By: Matt Cutts http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/comment-page-1/#comment-1089461 Matt Cutts Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:02:24 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/#comment-1089461 AdSense? Lots of SEOs seem to like that. :) AdSense? Lots of SEOs seem to like that. :)

]]> By: Eric Lander, Associate Editor http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/comment-page-1/#comment-1089452 Eric Lander, Associate Editor Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:50:29 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/#comment-1089452 It's good that reading Search Engine Journal is one of your 20% projects, Matt! I've corrected the above but stand by my statement of too few being useful to the public. I'd say GMail and Reader are some of the few exceptions the public has embraced in the past 10 years. It’s good that reading Search Engine Journal is one of your 20% projects, Matt!

I’ve corrected the above but stand by my statement of too few being useful to the public. I’d say GMail and Reader are some of the few exceptions the public has embraced in the past 10 years.

]]> By: Matt Cutts http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/comment-page-1/#comment-1089451 Matt Cutts Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:42:42 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/#comment-1089451 "According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that engineers are no longer given the 20% free time and freedom they once enjoyed for their own pet projects." That's not what the article said; it said that Google might not do as many crazy 20-engineer projects without justification, not that 20% projects would stop. "The sad truth though is that too few of these “20 percent projects” actually became useful for the public." I don't know, I kind of like Google News and Gmail. :) “According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that engineers are no longer given the 20% free time and freedom they once enjoyed for their own pet projects.”

That’s not what the article said; it said that Google might not do as many crazy 20-engineer projects without justification, not that 20% projects would stop.

“The sad truth though is that too few of these “20 percent projects” actually became useful for the public.”

I don’t know, I kind of like Google News and Gmail. :)

]]> By: Nina Anthony http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/comment-page-1/#comment-1089405 Nina Anthony Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:30:44 +0000 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-and-our-economic-recession/8128/#comment-1089405 Just curious: does anyone have any figures as to how much Google Adwords spending has dropped since the recession hit? Just curious: does anyone have any figures as to how much Google Adwords spending has dropped since the recession hit?

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