The battle of the portals

[namethreads.com]

Interesting story here:

http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5065558

"AS MORE and more of the world's business is conducted online, a battle royal is taking shape. The struggle is to decide which company will become the primary gateway to the internet. Three firms, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, are aiming to establish the world's leading internet portal—the site that most internet users rely on for everything from searching the web to sending e-mail and catching up on the news. All three firms are hoping to strike some sort of deal with AOL—the fourth player in the battle of the portals.

It is highly convenient for Time Warner, ..."

 

[wasistdas]

I believe that a new project with new ideas will come and capture the place and then these three big will fight to buy the newcomer.

 

[Flaresolutions]

I believe that a new project with new ideas will come and capture the place and then these three big will fight to buy the newcomer.

Thats an extremely random, unfeasible and unlikely event. I doubt any new comers could squeeze into the market on the level of the big three because they all have every base covered - news, email, articles, blogging, etc. I think google will survive the crush if they keep ahead of the game like they have been doing lately. MSN and Yahoo dont even compete against google on search quality either.

 

[wasistdas]

A new service will appear. Remember what services made the market? Catalogs, Portals, SEs, ICQ, Skype, Blogs. We can't even imagine what may appear today or tomorrow that will make another revolution.

 

[user-7256]

A post published at www.BetaDot.com made a very good point ... the best and most effective way to get ahead in the business world is innovation. Google is innovative - MSN, Yahoo!, and AOL are copycats as for most new things... which moots the point.

 

[faisj]

A post published at www.BetaDot.com made a very good point ... the best and most effective way to get ahead in the business world is innovation. Google is innovative - MSN, Yahoo!, and AOL are copycats as for most new things... which moots the point.

True biut it all comes back to one thing: "community building"