Vol 2 Chapter 1136: Google shot
Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Six
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"Ron, you are really unkind. You treat us as an advertising meeting!" the host of the abc show scolded with a smile on his face.
Originally, he invited Ron to come, hoping to use his status as a lawyer to analyze the final trend of the "Baidu Earth" infringement case and the outcome of the dispute between "Baidu Portal" and "google", which is related to the number one search engine. In the end, Ron was better off and turned the entire talk show into a "Baidu Earth" advertising campaign, which was really painful. If it wasn't for the friendship with Ron for many years, the host would have blasted Ron away.
"Haha, okay, I know it's a bit unkind this time, I'll make up for you next time. Are you still afraid that I didn't give you a fierce feed!" Ron was not afraid. Ron Law Firm is now the most famous law firm in the United States, and it handles some big cases that are very easy to attract public attention. By then, he would have given a lot of information to these TV stations, so Ron was not afraid of being blocked by them because of one or two non-cooperation.
Helpless! The host had no choice but to shook his head and sent Ron away. Of course, naturally he didn't forget to instruct Ron with words, so that he could give himself a surprise next time.
The same thing happened in other well-known television stations in the United States. Ron has spared no effort to promote "Baidu Earth" on the program every time, causing the hosts of major TV stations to complain, but Ron can't help it. Faced with this kind of person who can give them a lot of information, they occasionally slipped their heads once or twice, and they were helpless, and they had no choice but to pay Ron a small deposit.
"Larry, this is not good!" Segil-Brin naturally also watched Ron's talk show. After watching it, it was very bad.
With Ron’s sparing efforts, many viewers in the United States now know the magical effect of "Baidu Earth" and know where to download "Baidu Earth". Of course, these downloading behaviors belong to the user’s own actions, right? Those that are protected by law, even subject to sanctions, and "Baidu Portal" cannot charge any fees. Otherwise, they will face sanctions under U.S. law. However, it is undeniable that the market share of "Baidu Earth" is expanding. Although in the United States, there are still very few people using "Baidu Portal" as a search engine, but this is by no means a good thing.
Larry Page was also helpless. He did not expect that Lin Feng would respond to the legal blockade of "Baidu Earth" by "google". Lin Feng actually provides free downloads to American players directly on the official website. This download point is provided by foreign servers, and the US courts cannot block it. At the same time, all these downloads are free behaviors of American users and cannot be involved in the "Baidu Portal". "On the body.
"Larry, what do you do now?" Segil Brin had a headache.
"Forget it, don't worry about it. Anyway, now'Baidu Earth' cannot officially enter the United States. After all, these downloads are a minority, and most Americans will not download. We only need to develop'Google Earth' as soon as possible!" Larry -Paige said firmly.
In the United States, the people themselves have a very strong awareness of anti-piracy, or rather abide by the law. They usually do not go beyond the law and seek some personal gain for themselves. Of course, there are such people who treat the law as nothing, but a few.
Segil Brin nodded, and it can only be so for now. Moreover, "Baidu Earth" cannot be sold, and American users will not be able to enjoy the membership version and VIP membership version of the service. This is undoubtedly a very depressing thing for American users. As long as "Google Earth" can launch a better version at that time, Sejir-Brin will believe that the ultimate choice for American users must be "google".
Now "google" has become a habit of the American people, and this habit is not so easy to change.
Lin Feng is naturally aware of this. Therefore, Lin Feng would not sit back and ignore this situation. He waited silently for the completion of the court hearing and the launch of "Google Earth". This is definitely not Lin Feng's style.
Just three days before the second trial, "Baidu Portal" announced that its "Baidu Earth" membership version and VIP membership version will allow all downloaded users to experience three months free of charge. As for users who have paid before, their service life will be limited. It will be postponed for three months.
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This impact is not a big deal for "google". Originally, Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided that "Baidu Earth" could not cause much trouble in the United States, and was banned from selling by the court during the trial. This was an extremely heavy blow. Although Ron has spared no effort to promote the "Baidu Portal" to provide a global download link for "Baidu Earth", but "google" believes that at most a very small number of American users will choose to download "Baidu Earth". But now the membership version and vip membership version are available for free for three months, which is quite a headache.
"Larry, the situation is not good! Now the number of users using'Baidu Earth' has increased significantly. If these users become accustomed to the operating windows and habits of'Baidu Earth', I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to change to a similar software." Segil Brin said worriedly.
There is a reason why the business community has always said to enclose and enclose land. Because people have a kind of inertia, once they get used to something, they won't change easily. If you say it nicely, you have feelings, but if you don't say it nicely, change it lazily. Either way, once a person accepts something, he will be extremely critical and extremely skeptical when he accepts something of the same kind.
That's it now. If users accept "Baidu Earth", it will be difficult for the future "Google Earth" to squeeze into this market.
But despite knowing this possibility, Larry Page and Segil Brin have no way to solve it. It will take half a year for "Google Earth" to go public. This is already the limit of "google" and cannot be advanced any longer. You know, the original "Google Earth" was planned to be launched next year after "google" went on the market. Now, under the pressure of "Baidu Portal", the development of other projects has to be suspended, and "Google Earth" is researched and developed to ensure its listing in advance, which has already made "google" extremely painful. If you have to advance, then there is really nothing you can do. What's more, things launched in a hurry can't compete with "Baidu Earth", and they will only be laughed at.
"Segir, now we can only watch the changes." Larry Page said helplessly.
In the current market, if anyone seizes the first opportunity, it will be leading step by step. Now that "google" is lagging behind, we can only secretly cheer, looking forward to the future and catch up with "Baidu Portal". Fortunately, "google" does not need to worry too much. After all, the most important service of a search engine company is the search engine. The "pagerank" technology of "google" is undoubtedly ahead of the "Baidu Portal" Li Yanhong's original "super Chain analysis".
Of course, if only by this, Larry Page and Segil Brin think it is not safe.
"Segir, it seems we should launch ‘gmail’ ahead of schedule!" Larry Page said.
Segil Brin nodded. "Google" must not allow the "Baidu Portal" to slowly grow bigger. They must control the "Baidu Portal" in advance, otherwise it will be allowed to grow bigger and the future will be unimaginable. At the very least, "google" never wants to cultivate a rival for itself in the future.
After the "google" board of directors agreed, "gmail" was officially launched for global "google" users 2 days before the second trial.
The so-called "gmail" is Google's free webmail service. It comes with the built-in Google search technology and provides 1g of massive space to permanently retain important emails, files and pictures, and use search to quickly and easily find any content you need.
Of course, the 1g capacity is only temporary, and in the future "google" will launch a larger capacity "gmali". Now it is just to occupy the market first!
I have to say that the launch of "gmail" has given all investors who are optimistic about "google" a shot in the heart. Since Lin Feng and Li Yanhong declared war on "google" in China, investors in "google" have become uneasy. Lin Feng's magic is too stressful, and many investors really say that it is very stressful.
Although "google" used the law to ban the sale of "Baidu Earth" in the United States, in fact this is a helpless move in the eyes of many investors, indicating that "google" is currently unable to deal with "Baidu Earth", which is by no means Good news. Afterwards, Ron’s high-profile publicity on major TV stations and the three-month free trial period of "Baidu Earth" gave many investors a blow. Especially, "google" did not have a good response method, which made many investors. I feel that "google" seems to be a bit tricky.
Just when investor confidence was shaken, “google” launched “gmail” strongly, just like a long drought and the rain, and the timing was just right. It was launched when the confidence of many investors began to shake, and it was enough to restore the confidence in the market. The future listing of "Google" plays a role in safeguarding.
"Gmail!"-Lin Feng looked at the "gmail" launched by "google" and sighed again and again, it seems that "google" has finally started to do it. This war has really begun to heat up!
