Final-Theme 5

In the near future, is it possible to see a battle between two huge websites; these websites are Google and Facebook. Google has been around for sometime; it is a search engine; it is something no one can go without. Google has made life simpler for us; instead of looking through books, we can just type it into Google and something will pop up. It is an amazing search engine. Then there is Facebook. Facebook isn’t a search engine; it is a website where you can meet friends, play games, and leave comments. Facebook may not seem like a search engine, but it actually is.

Since Facebook has come out, people do rely a lot on it. Facebook encourages people to use their friends as resources for information. Google may be the site where people always go on to find information, but what if you want to buy something and wanted a personal opinion; Facebook is the site where you can do this; if you leave a comment on your profile, someone will comment back; their information can be what you are looking for.

Even though Facebook is a useful site, I believe Google will be the more dominant one. Facebook can be a site where you friends can give you advice, but Google is a huge search engine; it allows you to find anything at anytime. Facebook is something still knew and probably will not last a long time, like myspace. Facebook does give the advantage of friends giving us information because they know us, but what if you’re looking for something, and where it is more affordable; you would just type it into Google, and look around until you find it. I feel Google is more reliable site.

Monetizing is an important goal for websites; it the way they make their profits. I think Google has the better possibility in being more successful in monetizing then Facebook. Facebook is site where it gets more of its profit from advertisements. Google also makes its profits from advertisements, but there is more. Since Google is a big search engine, business want people to click onto their sites; if the businesses give Google extra cash, Google bumps them up to the top; this allows Google to bring in more profit.

Facebook is the best site in using our personal data to help us “find stuff. “ Since Facebook is a site where we are connected with our friends, who know us pretty well, it gives us the advantage to ask and get reasonable advice or answers. Google will give you answer, but they aren’t so personal. The friends we have on Facebook are more of a help; these friends could have gone through it already. Facebook is better on handling personal data because of friends; these friends are real people who live here, and have a clue on what is going on. I think Facebook is more of help on personal matters.

Google has the best strategies to hold our attention. Facebook is a site where people can spend hours on, but we are basically looking at friend’s photo or comments. Google, with the help of advertisements, will keep us hooked. When you go on Google just look for something, you end up looking at something totally different; when you click on the site, there might be a pop up that looks interesting, you then click on it; this cycle might repeat. Google, with the help of advertisers, know has to keep us interested.

The battle between Facebook and Google might take a couple of years, but I think that Google will be the winner.