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Week #4

I don’t believe that there isn’t a person alive older than the age of 6 that doesn’t know what Google is, everyone nowadays uses Google; I wouldn’t even be surprised if a lot of people believe that the internet is just Google. It’s the 21st century and we are in the midst of the technological revolution with new hardware coming out every day, media has gone from being on the tv to your smartphone. Everyday millions of people use Google to shop, ask questions, post their opinions, listen to music, watch videos and millions of other things. After reading this article I believe that it necessarily may not be Google’s fault that they have come into this market dominance because everyone uses Google because they know it. The Esports team here at High Point University even has a running joke that you can’t use any other search engine other than Google. Also most companies know that everyone uses Google so that's why they are willing to go into these binding contracts with Google because they know people will see these ads. While moving further into this article I can see how they are trying to expand into different markets to try to spread their domination but the one problem that they are failing in all of their expansions; the new google phone has found minimal success and the Google Stadia is doing so poorly that they are giving away 3 free months of their premium subscription service. After reading this article I have come to realize that there are more factors to their market dominance then just Google’s marketing.
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