Google Networth
I know I know, I never shut up about Google, but how could you. The company does so much for the internet! Without Google (sadly, we know how that goes after the few hours of DNS issues they had a few weeks back) we would be lost, not being able to check our email, get the latest prices on the Zire72 we’ve been eyeing, or spy on the Pentagon!
Now, what would we do without Disney or GM? Well, apparently the lack of those 2 would equal that the lack of google. I mean we could really do without those shotty wannabe GTOs (it’s only a Holden Monaro anyways… and shouldn’t we all be driving German cars?) and I’m sure Mr. Jobs could pick up the slack if Disney wasn’t around. Granted we would feel a great loss, but they are dispensable. But Google, who would step up? No one would trust Microsoft to manage the internet, and Altavista (opps, not astalavista) doesn’t look to be making a comeback any time soon.
But regardless, Google is now worth more then GM and Disney combined, according to this Yahoo! page. Pretty interesting to know that even with all their Beta programs (Froogle, GMail… I’m expecting the ladder to go public once their publicity dies down) they keep on getting bigger and bigger. It is kind of scary to know that we all depend on one service. As I said earlier, Google was down for a few hours just a couple of weeks ago, and when I noticed it, I felt lost and didn’t instantly think to try a different search engine. I can’t see them going anywere any time soon, but you never know!
!–jdyck–!