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  <title>Comments for Web 2.0 Expo: Eric Schmidt Interview</title>
  
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    <published>2007-04-17T19:09:30Z</published>
    <updated>2007-12-16T23:11:23Z</updated>
    <title>Web 2.0 Expo: Eric Schmidt Interview</title>
    <summary><![CDATA[Schmidt starts off by announcing a presentation feature for Docs &amp; Spreadsheets. John Battelle points out that this completes the Office suite, so he asks is it now a competitor to MS? Schmidt says no, because it doesn't have the same or all of MS Office's functionality. He says Google D&amp;S is a collaborative, web...]]></summary>
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      <name>Richard MacManus</name>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Schmidt starts off by announcing <strong>a presentation feature for Docs &amp;
Spreadsheets</strong>. John Battelle points out that this completes the Office suite, so
he asks is it now a competitor to MS? Schmidt says no, because it doesn't have the
same or all of MS Office's functionality. He says Google D&amp;S is a
collaborative, web 2.0 framework - very different to MS Office according to
Schmidt. He talks about the transition to a web-based computing framework, which
their product is a good example of (for R/WW readers, aka the Web Office!). John
persists - nevertheless it <i>is</i> a competitor to MS, he says (to crowd
applause). Schmidt persists with his line of not answering that question, saying
that D&amp;S will enable people to use productivity products on the web, which
he says they will use for different reasons - such as sharing and collaborative features. Schmidt calls this a web 2.0 shift in thinking for productivity.</p>
<p>The talk shifts to DoubleClick. John says that DC was in the past seen by
Google as the type of advertising (banners etc) that was oppositie to Google
(CPC text links). So what's changed?&nbsp; Schmidt says that Google has since decided
to offer a full scale set of advertising - not just text ads. So they acquired
YouTube, started doing TV and radio advertising, and more. Now Google is looking to
offer a single way to do all types of advertising. Since 2004, he says DC has become more
targeted and offers better support tools (for publishers etc). So he says
combining this with Google's technology will make &quot;the math work&quot; for
them, in terms of the $3B price they paid for it. He finishes by saying that
Google's technology does the best job of targeting, so if you marry that with
DC's people and tools, that's how they came up with the $3B price tag.</p>]]>
      <![CDATA[<p>John asks about Amazon S3 etc and will Google respond. Schmidt doesn't answer
that specifically, although he says they are interested in the Web platform
space and are doing it in a different way (from Amazon). He cites Google Docs
&amp; Spreadsheets again, as an example of Web platform services that Google
will provide. He then talks about how Google is building the world's largest
supercomputers, which will allow them to provide data platforms and things like
advertising services on top of that.</p>
<p>John asks what areas interest Google. Schmidt says mobile space is the
biggest. He says 3G and 4G will provide a lot of opportunities and that this is
&quot;a wide open space&quot;. He also notes the local space, which is a big
search opportunity.</p>
<p>John asks: what does Schmidt think about when he first wakes up? Schmidt aboids
the early morning part, but says he thinks a lot about scaling. He worries about
this - because scaling requires more data centers, cash flow, people, product announcements etc.
But he says the amazing thing is how early we are in scaling the Internet. He
says we're just at the beginning of getting information that was previously kept in small
pockets, onto the Internet platform.</p>
<p>Last question, John asks about data
portability. Can users get their own data and e.g. give it to Yahoo. Schmidt
says that Google has made a commitment never to track personal data (search
history, gmail etc). He says end users wouldn't choose to adopt the services Google
offers otherwise.</p>]]>
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    <title>Comment from rick gregory on 2007-04-17</title>
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        <name>rick gregory</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>"Schmidt says that Google has made a commitment never to track personal data (search history, gmail etc)."</p>

<p>Huh? <a href="http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/topic.py?topic=10470&hl=en" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/topic.py?topic=10470&hl=en" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/topic.py?topic=10470&hl=en</a></a></p>]]>
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    <published>2007-04-17T22:59:02Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Jitendra on 2007-04-17</title>
    <author>
        <name>Jitendra</name>
        <uri>http://karmaweb.wordpress.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Great summary...Looks like it was a good session. After seeing Jeff Bezos yesterday its interesting to hear Eric's answer to the S3 question.</p>]]>
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    <published>2007-04-18T00:23:31Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Srikanth Bhakthan on 2007-04-17</title>
    <author>
        <name>Srikanth Bhakthan</name>
        <uri>http://bhakthan.blogspot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/were-expecting.html" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/were-expecting.html" rel="nofollow">http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/were-expecting.html</a></a></p>

<p>Google is in <a href="http://www.tonicsystems.com/" rel="nofollow">shopping spree </a></p>]]>
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    <published>2007-04-18T00:53:26Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from MeTheGeek on 2007-04-17</title>
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        <name>MeTheGeek</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Thank you for posting the interview so quickly. I am very excited about 'presently' (the power point COMPETITOR). Google is certainly pushing the Web Office forward.</p>

<p>Now Google is attacking in so many fronts, it seems to me they are starting to give some advantages. They have huge budget, but finite, just like Microsoft. They need to start partnering and stop buying.</p>]]>
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    <published>2007-04-18T02:59:39Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from danny on 2007-04-17</title>
    <author>
        <name>danny</name>
        <uri>http://www.zimbio.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>google doesn't track personal data? come again?</p>]]>
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    <published>2007-04-18T04:51:52Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Soyapi on 2007-04-17</title>
    <author>
        <name>Soyapi</name>
        <uri>http://soyapi.blogspot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>"Schmidt says that Google has made a commitment never to track personal data (search history, gmail etc)."</p>

<p>I wasn't there but I'm sure he meant *trap* not *track*</p>]]>
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    <published>2007-04-18T06:37:15Z</published>
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    <id>tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.3713-comment:31693</id>
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    <title>Comment from Puneeth on 2007-04-18</title>
    <author>
        <name>Puneeth</name>
        <uri>http://puneeth.wordpress.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>May be Google will go ahead and acquire Slideshare, an interesting company with a cool product in online presentation . Check out more on Slideshare at www.slideshare.net</p>]]>
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    <published>2007-04-18T14:59:38Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Yihong Ding on 2007-04-18</title>
    <author>
        <name>Yihong Ding</name>
        <uri>http://yihongs-research.blogspot.com/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Google starts entering deeper and deeper into the realm of Microsoft. I believe that <a href="http://yihongs-research.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-web-battle-is-annouced.html" rel="nofollow">Google will win this new battle</a>. Thank you for your posting.</p>]]>
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    <published>2007-04-19T00:20:41Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Sean Ammirati on 2007-04-25</title>
    <author>
        <name>Sean Ammirati</name>
        <uri>http://www.profitablesignals.com/blog/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Here is the video of the interview  - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxzDU3tTzGA&mode=related" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxzDU3tTzGA&mode=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxzDU3tTzGA&mode=related</a></a></p>]]>
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    <published>2007-04-25T15:27:24Z</published>
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