Google Is Weak Because It Is Strong

Google's stock closed last week at $637.39, Wall Street thinks Google's third quarter earnings announcement may come in 50 cents higher per share than last quarter, the company gets two-thirds of the web searches and 40 percent of the ad revenue. They're screwed.

Google Is Weak Because It Is Strong I don't remember reading the 'weakness due to strength' argument in Bloomberg report about Google's vulnerability to a precarious ad market, you might think Eric Schmidt is on his way to mixing half-caff double tall vanilla lattes for a living. The report cited the focus smaller competitors have on where an advertiser wants to appear on a given website.

"After beating down rivals, Google's dominant position in the $40.6 billion online advertising market is showing cracks," they said. Instead of Google deciding what ad and advertiser appears in a given spot, firms like

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