Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
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Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
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Re: Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
#2Heh, after a failed deal with Groupon this came about, apparently.
It'll probably fly better, too, since it'll integrate with the rest of the google services, and help google use us as a product...
Now only for it to start in a city I live in.
Re: Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
#3Does Google have a "always play catch-up" mantra in addition to "don't be evil"?
- Hotmail (Gmail)
- Mapquest (G Maps)
- Firefox/IE (G Chrome)
- iOS (Android)
- Apple TV (G TV)
- Twitter (G Buzz)
- Facebook (G +)
- Groupon (G Offers)
etc.
Re: Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
#4Does Google have a "always play catch-up" mantra in addition to "don't be evil"? - Hotmail (Gmail) - Mapquest (G Maps) - Firefox/IE (G Chrome) - iOS (Android) - Apple TV (G TV) - Twitter (G Buzz) - Facebook (G +) - Groupon (G Offers) etc.
Well, considering that they started out taking an existing concept and making it better...
- Google (AltaVista/Lycos/etc)
Re: Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
#5I gotta say, I'm already burned out on the Groupon-type sites. I'm not sure why they think I need to get waxed two times a week—I haven't seen a relevant offer in months, after buying a few in the first couple months. The only one that I still check interestedly is the Living Social travel deals, because with those, if you get a hit once a year, it was worth it.
Re: Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
#6Funny. Just about a week after I opted out of all of my offer emails. The signal to noise was getting out of hand.
Re: Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
#7Does Google have a "always play catch-up" mantra in addition to "don't be evil"? - Hotmail (Gmail) - Mapquest (G Maps) - Firefox/IE (G Chrome) - iOS (Android) - Apple TV (G TV) - Twitter (G Buzz) - Facebook (G +) - Groupon (G Offers) etc.
Calling it "always play catch-up" is unfair. It's really "See an existing product and try to execute it better" with catch-up as the first phase.
And oftentimes when they do play catch-up they certainly don't have to for long. If anything, for the first three any catching up to do is going to be the other way around.
Re: Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
#8Does Google have a "always play catch-up" mantra in addition to "don't be evil"? - Hotmail (Gmail) - Mapquest (G Maps) - Firefox/IE (G Chrome) - iOS (Android) - Apple TV (G TV) - Twitter (G Buzz) - Facebook (G +) - Groupon (G Offers) etc.
As opposed to? It's very rare to ever see a completely unique idea. I guarantee that just about every product you use on a day to day basis is a derivative of a derivative of a derivative of the original concept.
Taking a core product and improving it is one of the main pieces of advice in this community. I don't see why there should be any negative connotation for a larger business doing it as well. And for the record, I don't see a single product on the left-hand side of that list that wasn't "in response", "playing catch-up", or a derivative idea from someone else's hard work.
Re: Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
#9I gotta say, I'm already burned out on the Groupon-type sites. I'm not sure why they think I need to get waxed two times a week—I haven't seen a relevant offer in months, after buying a few in the first couple months. The only one that I still check interestedly is the Living Social travel deals, because with those, if you get a hit once a year, it was worth it.
If you like Living Social travel deals, SniqueAway and Jetsetter are great too. (I'm not affiliated with either one.)