GOOGLE

Google is a highly successful Internet business. Recently they have broaden their scope
with a multitude of new tools. Research Google business model and answer the ff.
questions below. You may add additional information not included in this question.


1. Who are they're competitors?

-There competitors are facebook.com, yahoo.com, friendster.com, youtube.com,amazon.com,rapidshare.com and etc. These websites also introduce many things such as the google.com. These websites are now dynamic and highly professional everyone can access from it the requirements is only pc and internet.
According to http://www.physorg.com/news187517187.html
A year ago, Google named just two competitors -- Microsoft and Yahoo -- in its annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This year, Google lists 10 competitors by name in its recently filed 10-K report for 2009, including social sites Facebook, Twitter, and Yelp; and specialty search engines that dive deep into a specific category, such as travel site Kayak and health inquiry site WebMD. With the explosive growth of social networks acting as the door to people's online world, Google does face increased competition. But with the Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant facing a surge of antitrust and anticompetition lawsuits and allegations in the U.S. and Europe, observers and critics say the change shows Google's pressing need to make the case to regulators that it has viable competitors, and has not become too dominant an Internet force.

2. How have they used information technology to their advantage?

-Every now and then a technology, or set of technologies, comes along that offers a rich set of components that can be combined and recombined to create new products. The arrival of these components then sets off a technology boom as innovators work through the possibilities. For that google is using wisely the IT experts to make advantages to their competitors. And these steps will lead them to top. Also according to http://archives.obs-us.com/obs/english/books/nn/bd1101bn.htm The Internet for us was like air. It was there all the time - you wouldn't notice it existed unless it was missing. But the Internet as a major social phenomenon didn't enter our radar until the advent of the World Wide Web, which was developed in Europe at CERN, beginning in 1989, by a team of physicists that included an alumnus of the Media Lab. That was what provoked the big change in the Internet.

3. HOW COMPETITIVE ARE THEY IN THE MARKET

-For me Google is the most common search engine in the web. Maybe Google is the most highest competitor in every search engines and commercial sites. Google is the most dynamic site we used to search and copy some information around the world. According to http://www.googlebusiness.com/
in advertising 99% of Google's revenue is derived from its advertising programs. For the 2006 fiscal year, the company reported US$10.492 billion in total advertising revenues and only US$112 million in licensing and other revenues.
In Software oogle is the most used search engine on the web with a 53.6% market share, ahead of Yahoo! (19.9%) and Live Search (12.9%). Google indexes billions of Web pages, so that users can search for the information they desire, through the use of keywords and operators, although at any given time it will only return a maximum of 1,000 results for any specific search query.

4. What new services do they offer?-According to http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/Google_Services.aspBook Search: Search the full text of books

Catalogs: Browse online catalogs

Calculator: Google has a built in calculator function. To compute enter the calculation into the Google search box and hit the Enter key

Currency Conversion: Google has a built-in currency converter. To convert, enter the conversion you'd like done into the Google search box and hit "Enter". For example you could use "100 USD in CAD" or "Canadian money in American dollar".

Definitions: To see a definition for a word or phrase, simply type the word "define," then a space, and then the word(s) you want defined.

File Types: Google Search automatically searches 12 non-HTML file types and provides an option to view as HTML. The file types appear in Google search results

Froogle: Google's product search (Shopping) service

Groups: Search results from Google Groups may appear at the bottom of your relevant search results page.
I'm Feeling Lucky: Skip the Google search results page and go to the first Web page returned for your query.

Images: Google Image Search shows images matching your search query.
Local Search: Search the Web for businesses in a specific area by including a city or zip code in your search and Google.

Movies: To find reviews and show times for movies playing near you, type "movies", "showtimes" or the name of a current film into the Google search box.

Music Search: Enter the name of an artist popular in the U.S. and reviews, song titles, and more is shown at the top of the search results.
News Headlines: These links connect you to reports culled from numerous news services that Google continuously monitors.

PhoneBook: U.S. street address and phone number lookup publicly listed phone numbers and addresses

Refine Search: For searches within certain topics, you'll notice links at the top of the search results page that help you narrow the search.
Results Prefetching: On some searches, Google automatically instructs your browser to start downloading the top search result before you click on it so the destination page loads faster.
Search By Number: Parcel tracking IDs, patents and other specialized numbers can be entered into Google's search box for quick access to information about them.
Similar Pages Display: The "Similar Pages" sends Google to scout the Web for pages that are related to the result.
Site Search Restrict: Type the word site" followed by a colon enables you to restrict your search to a specific site. For example "memory site:webopedia.com" would search only Webopedia.com
Spell Checker: Google's spell checking software automatically looks at your query and checks to see if you are using the most common version of a word's spelling, and may offer spelling suggestions.
Stock Quotes: Enter a stock of mutual fund symbol in the search box to obtain fund quotes
Street Maps: Use a U.S. street address with Zip or City and state to search. When recognized links are returned from Google Maps
Travel Information: Use an airport's three letter code followed by the word "airport" to obtain delay and weather condition information.
Weather Check: Type "weather," followed by the location to obtain weather information
Web Page Translation: For results in other languages, click "Translate this page" and translate that page into your language.
Who Links To You?: The query link:siteURL shows you pages that point to that URL. For example link:www.webopedia.com will show all Web sites linking to Webopedia.

5. What makes them so unique?-They are unique because they are the biggest and fastest search engine in the web.Google is the most highly recommended site for searching. Also they are not as search engine but also inbooks,movies also this blogger is made by google. They also offer travel inforamtion, news everydaycurrency converter and weather check up.6. How competitive are they in the international market?-Maybe google is the most top competitors in the international market. They have services onlineand it is accessible in anytime,anywhere and anyone. Google is the most effective and gives correctinformation engine. They have any products and any services at short time they searches topicsless than 1second but it depends in a service provider. According to http://www.glgroup.com/News/Google-International--Greater-Market-Share-Now-Distancing-from-the-Pack-to-Come-18168.htmlHaving studied Google abroad somewhat significantly, I believe this article provides a very naïve view on Google’s success abroad. Absolutely, Google, as any American company, needs to be extremely aware of the impression they make when entering foreign grounds, as the risk as being seen as arrogant – the ugly American – is omnipresent. And, yes, Google should continue to grow their in-country teams significantly in order to best overcome cultural and sales hurdles and take advantage of unique opportunities and the gigantic world market that is growing at a quicker pace than the U.S. market. Recent stats point to European e-commerce in a position to surge past U.S. e-commerce.

Yet, don’t attempt to fool anyone here: Google has enormous international market share. Though I’m on a plane and not able to access these stats immediately, I believe that Google has approximately a 10-point higher share of search in Europe than they do in the States. I attended an online and multi-channel retail conference in London earlier this year, and Google was constantly mentioned, and never in a bad light. I am attempting to arrange a dinner in Paris Google is dominant in most countries, with their distant following to Baidu in China and the Russian example in the article notable exceptions. later this year or early next with top French e-commerce companies, and Google is the likely sponsor, due to their relationship with the French agency that I am in contact with and their relationship with the likely invitees.