Google’s stock slid after report on search ad decline

Re:Google’s stock slid after report on search ad decline by defenestration on Saturday June 18, 2016 @04:54AM (#11927646)

I reckon if Facebook would add search to WhatsApp, it could hurt Google's ad income quite a bit.

Right now you have to close WhatsApp to start a search. And then come back when you have found the answer.

There is potential for Facebook for smooth search integration in its products and take bigger piece of the search-ad pie.

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Re:Google’s stock slid after report on search ad decline by AznHisoka on Saturday June 18, 2016 @03:27PM (#11930182)

Start a search and use whose API? Google has tens of thousands of people working on a top 5 difficulty problem with a 20 year head start. Facebook would need at least 10 years of trial and error just to make a dent.

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Re:Google’s stock slid after report on search ad decline by Nullabillity on Saturday June 18, 2016 @05:45AM (#11927767)

Now on Tap does that for pretty much any application though, if you've got Marshmallow.

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Re:Google’s stock slid after report on search ad decline by muwaisaac on Saturday June 18, 2016 @08:01AM (#11928148)

That's the thing though, how many android phones are on mashmellow? A very small percentage.

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