You're free to advertise through other means. Search isn't the only way to be seen. Sadly you'd be better off firing your highly paid SEO staff and paying Google directly for better search results. Sorry SEO is dead occupation, I guess?
This has become the canonical group-think response on Slashdot any time a tech company is accused of doing anything wrong. "Vote with your feet and quit complaining."
But there is another way to look at this. Google offers free search. They have achieved monopoly status in the search market by providing free search for many years. On the other side of this process, if you want to be in business, you have to show up on google. When Google stacks a large number of paid ads in front of your company search resul
Amazon has monopoly power in retail?? Ummm.. . they have about 5% of retail and 10% of groceries. Walmart is much larger. You just think Amazon is a monopoly because that is what you use.
If you narrow down a category sufficiently, every company eventually becomes a monopoly. For example, Apple is the only company making iPhones, so they must be a monopoly! Abusive monopolies often turn customers to look elsewhere far before the government even starts to do anything. Generally the best way to deal with monopolies is to make sure that there aren't barriers to entry that stop new competitors from carving out tiny niches for themselves.
Walmart has near monopoly power in retail. They beat the crap out of suppliers because they have so many customers. They claim all margin for themselves. They suck, but if your product isn't in walmart, well, that is a lot of lost sales.
Amazon is just as bad and is now challenging Walmart. Walmart and Amazon view each other as competitors. If and when one of them finally defeats the other, that will be even worse for consumers. And it is terrible for local businesses. The big companies force everyone else t
Walmart has a 23% market share in the grocery market - which makes up 60% of Walmart's income. That makes them the largest grocer in the US - but nowhere close to a monopoly.
In general retail, Walmart has a 15% market share. Again, that makes it one of the largest companies... but FAR from a monopoly.
Google, on the other hand, has about 85% of the US search market, including 54% of online advertising dollars. They have about 35% of the worldwide online advertising market. Bing, the next largest competit
The best way to accelerate a Macintoy is at 9.8 meters per second per second.
Forced? (Score:1)
You're free to advertise through other means. Search isn't the only way to be seen.
Sadly you'd be better off firing your highly paid SEO staff and paying Google directly for better search results.
Sorry SEO is dead occupation, I guess?
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This has become the canonical group-think response on Slashdot any time a tech company is accused of doing anything wrong. "Vote with your feet and quit complaining."
But there is another way to look at this. Google offers free search. They have achieved monopoly status in the search market by providing free search for many years. On the other side of this process, if you want to be in business, you have to show up on google. When Google stacks a large number of paid ads in front of your company search resul
Re:Forced? (Score:1)
Amazon has monopoly power in retail?? Ummm.. . they have about 5% of retail and 10% of groceries. Walmart is much larger. You just think Amazon is a monopoly because that is what you use.
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Walmart has near monopoly power in retail. They beat the crap out of suppliers because they have so many customers. They claim all margin for themselves. They suck, but if your product isn't in walmart, well, that is a lot of lost sales.
Amazon is just as bad and is now challenging Walmart. Walmart and Amazon view each other as competitors. If and when one of them finally defeats the other, that will be even worse for consumers. And it is terrible for local businesses. The big companies force everyone else t
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Walmart has a 23% market share in the grocery market - which makes up 60% of Walmart's income. That makes them the largest grocer in the US - but nowhere close to a monopoly.
In general retail, Walmart has a 15% market share. Again, that makes it one of the largest companies... but FAR from a monopoly.
Google, on the other hand, has about 85% of the US search market, including 54% of online advertising dollars. They have about 35% of the worldwide online advertising market. Bing, the next largest competit