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Google chairman Eric Schmidt in a speech in Berlin, attended by PCR, has stated that Amazon is its biggest rival and not Microsoft or Yahoo.

"Many people think our main competition is Bing or Yahoo," said Schmidt. "But, really, our biggest search competitor is Amazon. People don't think of Amazon as search, but if you are looking for something to buy, you are more often than not looking for it on Amazon."

Google has been building up its e-commerce services. It partnered with retailers to offer same-day delivery services, called Google Express.  It is available in San Francisco, Washington D.C., Boston, and Chicago.

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super6646 (on 14 October 2014)

Lol because they bought Twitch suddenly they threaten Google.

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pokoko (on 14 October 2014)

That's a very good point. If I'm looking up a product, I usually start with Amazon. That hurts Google in terms of advertisement potential, which I'm sure clients will recognize. You've got people actually wanting to buy a product who are going elsewhere to search. That's a lot more meaningful than someone looking up "the fappening" on Bing.

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grannamir (on 14 October 2014)

Yeahh Google... keep thinking like that...

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Acevil grannamir (on 14 October 2014)

Actually if you look at some of the stuff Amazon does. Google is right.

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Manlytears grannamir (on 14 October 2014)

i think google is right, it's fair to put Amazon as the main rival since both Yahoo and bing can't even be compared to google on "normal search".

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Zackasaurus-rex grannamir (on 14 October 2014)

Well, yeah, they should keep thinking like that. Because they are correct.

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bnuyen@outlook.com (on 14 October 2014)

of course Microsoft has been doing too bad lately. windows 8 is terrible, they completely lost on the mobile market as well, gaming consoles have taken so much time out of Sony and Microsoft and left Apple alone in the Computer Market and taken their place completely. and Dont even get me started on the Xbox None XD POS4 is also a bad console don't get me wrong Sony is going bankrupt so ...god save us from marketing.

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veritaz bnuyen@outlook.com (on 14 October 2014)

So much pessimism and crap talk in one comment that it's astounding. Spread a little of that crap talk for some Nintendo products like the Wii U why don't you.

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Landguy bnuyen@outlook.com (on 14 October 2014)

Are you serious? Apple taking the lead in computers? I guess if 7% market share is the lead. Do you really think these companies can only focus on one thing at a time? All types of products have companies that blast to the top and slowly disappear. In 10-15 years, we'll see how much market share Apple and google have on their products. By then, tablets and smartphones could have a whole new company leading the way. Look at samsung, 5-7 years ago they were small potatoes. THey already are seeing all of their products dropping in sales. Up and down....

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Zackasaurus-rex Ka-pi96 (on 14 October 2014)

I use Google Shopping when I am looking for novelty items that sell at varying prices... Japanese imports, for example.

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