Long Blog Essay #1. "Google &Searching Google"

In class we were asked to search Google and find out what they are about. When I Google searched Goggle, I found that Google enables users to search the web, use net, and images. Features included page rank, caching, translation of results, and an option to find similar pages. There was also a link to show a stock quote for Google. The search also brought up links to the services that Google provides, such as Google reader, maps, videos, etc. It seems that Google has many services to offer and they try to accommodate everybody.
Their philosophy consists of ten things. To focus on the user and what else follows, focused on providing the best user experience possible, and focusing on serving the consumer. It's best to do one thing really, really well. Fast is better than slow. Democracy on the web works. You don't need to be at your desk to need an answer. You can make money without doing evil. There's always more information out there. The need for information crosses all borders. You can be serious without a suit. Great just isn't good enough. Google tries to anticipate the needs of their not yet articulated global audience and introduce them with products and services that set new standards. An example of this was them launching Gmail, which had more space than any email service available. These are the type of changes they are interested in making and they want to achieve these goals.
I think that all these goals that Google has for their audience is very good. It seems to be things that would make searching on the web easier as well as introduce new technology to people. They want to be able to interact with their audience and they want to make sure that they are the best that they can be. This will help the company in the end since many people would feel like the company actually cares and wants to know them. With this promotion technique the company will prosper in the long run.
We were also asked to Google search what will happen with consuming habits in the next ten years. When I searched this I found an article, “In Ten Years Your Life Will Be Terrible,” by Mark R. Crovelli, that predicted that the American economy is deteriorating and will continue to do so as the years the pass. He also states in his article that the value of the dollar is going down and people will soon have to pay continuous increasing prices for the factors of production that go into one’s products. At the same time one will find it difficult to obtain credit to finance these increasing costs. So, I think it’s fair to say that consuming habits will soon decrease, since people won’t have enough to by the extra luxuries that they would normally buy in the future. People will probably buy less expensive goods as well as think more about the need for the product that they are purchasing.
I think that in the next ten years consuming habits would pretty much remain the same. Although the American economy would be deteriorating there will still be people that are very wealthy and will still consume as much as they can. For people that are less wealthy, consuming habits would probably decrease if they really care about what is happening. When you look at some people I find it interesting that they could be living in a trailer yet driving around in a hummer or a luxury car. It all depends on where their priorities lie.
I also think that even if the American economy was deteriorating outside help would be available. The government would have to receive money from other countries depending on if they are at peace with the country. I do think the economy can only deteriorate to a certain extent. The country is now in a recession and only some people have changed their consuming habits. At the same time if the economy was in that much trouble, the government should know ways to bring the economy back up. At that point we would have to depend on the government rectifying that situation and hope that they are well equipped to handle the situation.