- Chrome sold off
- no playing favorites on Android (& maybe sold)
- can’t buy default status
- no favoring Google services in other Google services
- license search index data to others
- ad cost transparency
- blah blah AI training access blah
The headline:
OpenAI is thinking about making its own browser
Not a surprise. They’re also rumored to be working on a phone and more integrations with hardware makers.
“The New Google” is a pretty obvious avenue for them to pursue.
This is why regulator’s reasoning for forcing Big G to sell Chrome feels off.
Google is getting chipped away at from many angles as options proliferate. But a better option is the only thing that will knock the company synonymous with search out of its number 1 spot.
Regulators have submitted their Google punishment wishlist to the judge, and it rivals many a kid’s Christmas list.
The Justice Department wants:
No. 3 is the most obvious one on the list. The others range from 🤷 to 😮
Not sure this is the obvious outcome:
A sale of Chrome “will permanently stop Google’s control of this critical search access point and allow rival search engines the ability to access the browser that for many users is a gateway to the internet”
How much better does Google Search get if $20B a year gets reinvested instead of paid to Apple?
Google Analytics 4 adds benchmarking data
reference metrics that help you compare your business performance against the performance of other businesses in your industry.
in percentiles (median, 25th, and 75th) based on peer groups of businesses for a wide range of industry categories. The businesses that form the peer groups are determined by an industry category assigned to each property. This industry category is determined by a combination of factors including the broad industry category provided in setup and signals from things like a property’s URLs and App attributes.
Google’s getting ready for shopping szn
Google Lens
Google Lens can quickly show you product insights tailored to the store you’re in. Just snap a photo to find product information, similar products in-stock, whether a store’s price is competitive and shopper reviews.
Shop Via Maps
search for products in Maps and find nearby stores selling them
As the moat around Google’s Knowledge Graph erodes in a post-AI world, the “Shopping Graph” may be the next fulcrum for revenue growth.