Google- Sydney

I am like Dan Firger in that I also use Google very often. I use Google automatically when I’m searching for things online. All my preliminary searches for school research starts with Google of Google Scholar, and I use the links they provide to further research the subject. Whenever I can’t figure something out or I’m curious about something, my friend Scott will always just say “Google It”. It’s literally becoming a verb! Which I find pretty amusing. I also use Gmail now, only since this semester when we got it for this class, though! But now my UNI Email goes through there too, and I use it for everything! I don’t use all the products Google has to offer like Dan does, but I’m sure someday I’ll be using more and more.

Google doesn’t have a lot of advertisements on their website, and I don’t really see ads for Google on other sites or anywhere else. I think the reason for this is because it’s so widespread and universal, people already use it all the time! They don’t need to advertise to keep users, because they’re keeping up with what the people want changed and up-to-date, and it’s not like there are many people who have never heard of Google, since they’re so popular, so if someone wants to try it, they do. Google has lots of features; Gmail, Google Earth, Google Maps, Image search, Google Scholar, Google News, as well as many, many more, therefore so many people use it because it has so many different applications and uses.

To me, Yahoo was the first search engine everybody knew about, when the internet was fresh and new. After Google began, it just got better and better and eventually outgrew what Yahoo could do. Google is much better at taking suggestions and keeping on the cutting edge of technology (like their very new Google Instant search) whereas Yahoo seems to be as it always was. If it does make changes, they seem to be behind Google, just following in their footsteps. I don’t know if they can ever catch back up!