<story><title>Google’s stock slid after report on search ad decline</title><url>http://www.recode.net/2016/6/17/11966982/google-alphabet-stock-search-ad</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>msoad</author><text>As much as people like to consider Google revenu sources very diverse or dream about future of other Google bets, Google is mostly an advertisement company heavily relying on their search business.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s obvious that Facebook has a better position for growth and adding new channels for their ads business. I can see Facebook share of online advertising grow in the next couple of years.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>emilsedgh</author><text>In the Google vs. Facebook discussion, I think people seem to forget a tiny detail:&lt;p&gt;Google has some products that are market leaders with heavy usage, eg:&lt;p&gt;* Search&lt;p&gt;* GMail&lt;p&gt;* Youtube&lt;p&gt;* Android&lt;p&gt;* Chrome&lt;p&gt;* Maps&lt;p&gt;* Docs&lt;p&gt;Its just that Google is unable to monetize many of them.&lt;p&gt;However, Facebook has only Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp.&lt;p&gt;1) Instagram _is_ what Facebook was 10 years ago. Its not a new product.
They just bought it because Instagram was becoming _The Social Network_.&lt;p&gt;2) Instagram and Whatsapp were bought acquired.&lt;p&gt;What I&amp;#x27;m trying to say is that Google is unable to monetize many of its products.
And if online advertisement gets doomed, it would have to look for other business models.&lt;p&gt;But it _does_ have a very diverse set of products that people love.&lt;p&gt;What does Facebook have? and when was the last time they created something people loved?</text></comment>
<story><title>Google’s stock slid after report on search ad decline</title><url>http://www.recode.net/2016/6/17/11966982/google-alphabet-stock-search-ad</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>msoad</author><text>As much as people like to consider Google revenu sources very diverse or dream about future of other Google bets, Google is mostly an advertisement company heavily relying on their search business.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s obvious that Facebook has a better position for growth and adding new channels for their ads business. I can see Facebook share of online advertising grow in the next couple of years.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>elorant</author><text>How exactly is Facebook better positioned? CTR for Facebook ads is abysmal compared to that on Google search.</text></comment>