Friday, May 06, 2005

Google Hegemony

Try this experiment. Type "define:hegemony" into Google and press Search. This will bring you to a list of ten or more definitions of the word. As Doug Ross writes in his blog today, this is one reason why Google is taking over the world.

The Google web site is no longer just a search engine. It is a dictionary, address book, phone book, news service (Google News), map service (Google Maps), library (Google Print), and much, much more. On top of that, Google the company is building a portfolio of services including Google Mail and Blogger. The company's reach seems limitless.

Read Doug's blog for more.

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