There is a long standing rumor that Google wishes to ‘take over the world’ – now that might not be exactly true but they sure as heck got their fingers in a lot of different pies! While the title is a bit ‘tongue-in-cheek’ at the moment, it might just be the future?
While this post is not directly related to SEO, it does give a glimpse into where Google is headed and what type of power they wield. How long till Google offers free SEO advice or automated SEO advice?
The turn-by-turn GPS market is huge and you just have to take a look at the juicy prices Garmin and Tom-Tom are charging for their hardware. Even the iPhone apps are priced quite high in the $99 range.
When I heard Google was including free turn-by-turn navigation directions with each and every Android mobile OS, I was first shocked, then awed! I mean wow, what an offer and what a catch! My dad always told me when conducting business you should think of a nice hook to get folks involved and start the buying. But this not only hooks but it is line and sinker as well. To add insult to injury it will also likely spin the entire GPS market on its head because it sure as hell gets much harder to sell something to people when they can get it elsewhere for free.
Hopefully Google will stay too busy with this and other ‘bigger’ plans of world domination and leave us alone for a couple of decades.