After its humble beginnings
only 6 years ago, Google the Search Engine
has become the recognized leader in providing Web search services closely
followed by Yahoo and MSN. Did you know back then that search engines would
rise as such a vital communication service not only for businesses looking for
customers, but for anyone trying to keep pace with a fast moving techno culture?
Google actually does
more with its time than foiling search engine
optimization specialists and tricky webmasters. It continues to improve its
search engine services in many new ways.
Yahoo has recently
improved and grown its Yahoo search engine service and
MSN Search is expected to launch a new search engine
service later in 2004. Google however, is the clear leader in search and is a
good business model for those wanting to make the most of their chance in e-business.
Googlemania
as Wired Magazine recently called it, refers to the popularity of this powerful
Web site --- a simple Web search engine
providing keyword search feature much like the one you use at your local library.
This search engine
used a simple improvement resulting a wave of grass roots support that will make
the Google IPO a probable smash success. That small
change made its service more useful than any previous search engine. Yahoo once
launched an IPO during the .com boom, but the Google phenonmenon is truly unique
and may herald in a new era in electronic business.
The brand name Google
is now synonymous with search services and the company offers a wide array of
important online products such as: