BusinessWeek Notes The Google Backlash

BusinessWeek is running a cover story this week with the line, “Who’s Afraid Of Google?”. The story details Google’s rising market cap, cash reserves, new market entries, and the fear every other media/technology company is feeling as a result. It’s a pretty interesting article that, even if it doesn’t cover much new ground, does let you know what the competition (and even partners) is willing to say publicly (privately, there are a lot more four letter words).
“It’s Google’s world,” shrugs Chris Tolles, vice-president of marketing at Topix Inc., which makes money from running Google ads on its news aggregation site. “We just live in it.”
Says Paul Martino, chief executive of the search service Aggregate Knowledge Inc.: “We’re beginning to see the Anything But Google’ backlash.”
“Google feels a lot like Microsoft in the mid-Nineties,” says Silicon Valley startup adviser Dave McClure. “Right at the height of its power, […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg