Black Friday Sales 2012

Microsoft can whine and cry to the high heavens all they want whenever Google makes a move to strengthen their company.  The bottom-line is that Microsoft’s goal is to do the same thing as Google, but they don’t have nearly the same foothold in the online community compared to Google. 

Google is more innovative and quicker to pull the trigger, therefore they are the winner of the bigger deals and the bigger online audience.  The fact is that Google is so far away from having a monopoly in any area on the Internet that it is a joke that Microsoft tries to smudge the Google name.  Even in Google’s most dominant sector, Search Engines, they aren’t close to retaining exclusive power over the country’s users of search. 

Google makes better use of their time and money than Microsoft and it shows.  While Microsoft is running “wipe Google’s face in the mud” campaigns, Google is out there creating new products and making deals to strengthen their company.

In my opinion, Microsoft’s deal with FaceBook means little in the long run and Google is the wiser for not making the deal.  Microsoft is so concerned about one-upping Google, that they are losing sight of what makes them a great company.