Google, now Alphabet, surfed the incredible of the web, extremely well, and it then became itself one of the key nodes of the web we know today. growth As a key node, the company today shapes the trends that formed on the web, thus opening up new threats but also new, important opportunities for those who are able to see them. Some of the trends worth mentioning are: Established brands might be less risky to Google As Google scaled, it changed drastically as an organization. To prevent phenomena that can negatively impact the and attract unwanted attention by regulators, Google might like and favor stronger brands. Google Business Model As the reasoning goes that a stronger might give more guarantee of quality and fact-checking ability as it can invest more in that. brand So as Google scales its ability to fact-check information, publishers who have more resources to do it internally might also be more trustworthy. New publishing are needed business models Digital advertising business model no longer sustainable for most online advertisers now reverting back to a , see the . subscription NYT business model While the does work financially, it also might reduce the visibility of the , thus opening up opportunities to those able to build an . subscription business model brand asymmetric business model Organic visibility becomes less rewarding and more challenging At the same time attracting organic traffic has become more complicated and less rewarding, as Google creates new features that cut the visibility of organic listing. Therefore, publishers need to understand those new logics. Blogging starts from microniches Blogging has become a highly competitive industry, and starting up from a wide niche or industry can’t be extremely hard, thus it might make sense to identify . microniches Building a business inside a walled garden Google‘s core business (search and discovery) is becoming a walled garden. That requires small businesses to initially give up something that Google wants in exchange for . traction Then a small business should build a more independent , and to prevent too much dependance of Google as core . distribution strategy brand distribution Google products scaling globally Google’s core products are already used by billions of people. Google search engine and YouTube are the most popular sites on earth (at least in the Western World). As Google transitioned toward becoming a mobile-first and AI-first organization, this makes its products even stickier and engaging for billions of people, thus attracting more eyeballs, for longer time within Google products. This means that those able to see this opportunity can build valuable small and medium businesses on top of Google. How? Read next. Google as a super-platform Just like in the past companies like , and other became successful and billion-dollar businesses, thanks to Google sending them an endless stream of qualified traffic. Booking TripAdvisor platform business models Now Google operates itself as a that offers within its walled gardens dozens of platforms (Jobs, E-commerce, Travel, Publishing and more). That threatens the existence of the platforms initially built on top of Google which now have to redefine their (unless of course, regulators or an antitrust case might define that as abuse of dominant position and stop Google from expanding in those niches). super-platform value propositions Thus, while Google sent traffic out to those platforms in the past, it might now retain it within its walls. How do you build a business on a super-platform? If you’re a publisher you might want to look at original , reporting, in-depth analyses and to invest more and more in becoming the source of the information, rather than a distributor or provider of third-parties . content content If you operate as e-commerce being the retailer, or the manufacturer of that product rather than a distributor might be an advantage as you can leverage on platforms like to enhance your . Google Merchant Center distribution And more generally building a strong , recognized in a smaller space, rather than a traffic center, or aggregator, might be a good entry . brand strategy Free AI Tools to build your next startup Google has transitioned into an AI-first organization and at this stage, the AI side of the is open and collaborative. Google business model That means you can leverage those to build your next startup and make it scale. Beware though, as an will form and Google might be able to monetize it, the company might close that. AI tools AI ecosystem For now, the more immediate monetization for Google is through its . Google Cloud Business In short, those AI tools follow a where more people joining might get acquainted also with Google Cloud offering, and for now, Google has to keep pushing more and more if it wants to keep up with Microsoft and . freemium-like growth strategy Amazon This gives you plenty of time to build a valuable company. However, as your startup grows you might want to develop your own AI tools and models, to prevent Google one day to take your business away. Previosuly published at https://fourweekmba.com/when-was-google-founded/

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