Chapter 1,136 Google takes action

"Ron, you are so unkind, you treat us as an advertising meeting!" the ABC program host scolded with a smile on his face.

Originally, he invited Ron to come because he hoped to use his status as a lawyer to analyze the final direction of the "Baidu Earth" infringement case and the outcome of the battle between "Baidu Portal" and "Google" regarding the number one search engine. The result

, Ron is better off, turning the entire talk show into an advertising conference for "Baidu Earth", which is really annoying. If it weren't for the years of friendship with Ron, the host would have given Ron up long ago.

Boomed away.

"Haha, okay, I know I was a bit unkind this time. I will make it up to you next time. Are you still afraid that I won't give you any big news?" Ron is not afraid. Now Ron Law Firm is the most famous law firm in the United States.

The law firm takes on major cases that easily attract public attention. By then, he will have quite a lot of explosive information for these TV stations, so Ron is not afraid of being punished by them for not cooperating once or twice.

of ban.

Helpless! The host could only send Ron away with helpless shaking of his head. Of course, he did not forget to use words to remind Ron to give him a surprise next time.

The same thing happened on other well-known TV stations in the United States. Ron spared no effort to promote "Baidu Earth" on the show every time, which made the hosts of major TV stations complain, but there was nothing Ron could do. Faced with this

People who can give them strong information will occasionally play tricks once or twice, but they have no choice but to pay Ron a small deposit.

"Larry, this is not good!" Sergey Brin naturally also watched Ron's interview show, and after watching it, he was very unhappy.

Thanks to Ron's tireless publicity, many viewers across the United States now know the wonderful uses of "Baidu Earth" and know where to download "Baidu Earth". Of course, these downloading behaviors are all private behaviors of users, right?

Those protected by law may even be subject to sanctions, and "Baidu Portal" cannot charge any fees. Otherwise, it will face sanctions from 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, very few, but this is by no means a good thing.

Larry Page was also helpless. He did not expect that Lin Feng would respond to "Google"'s legal blockade of "Baidu Earth" in this way. Lin Feng actually directly provided free downloads to American players on the official website. Here is the download point

It is provided by a foreign server and cannot be blocked by U.S. courts. At the same time, all downloading behaviors are free behaviors of U.S. users and cannot be implicated in the "Baidu Portal".

"Larry, what should we do now?" Sergey Brin had a headache.

"Forget it, don't worry about it. Anyway, 'Baidu Earth' can't officially enter the United States now. These downloads are in the minority after all, and most Americans will not download them. We just need to develop 'Google Earth' as ​​soon as possible!" Larry

-Page said firmly.

In the United States, the people themselves have a very strong awareness of anti-piracy, or they are quite abiding by the law. They usually do not go beyond the law to seek some personal gains for themselves. Of course, this kind of disregard of the law is nothing.

There are some people, but they are few.

Sergey Brin nodded, that's all that can be done for now. What's more, "Baidu Earth" cannot be sold, and American users cannot enjoy the membership version and VIP membership version services. This is undoubtedly a problem for American users.

This is quite a depressing thing. As long as "Google Earth" can launch a better version by then, Sergey Brin will believe that the final choice of American users must be "Google".

Now "Google" has become a habit of the American people, and this habit is not easy to change.

Of course, Lin Feng is also aware of this. Therefore, Lin Feng will not sit back and ignore this situation and wait silently for the court hearing to end and "Google Earth" to be launched. This is definitely not Lin Feng's style.

Just three days before the second court hearing, "Baidu Portal" announced that its "Baidu Earth" membership version and VIP membership version will allow all users who download it to try it for free for three months. As for users who have paid before, their usage period

It will be postponed for three months.

This impact is not small for "Google". Originally, Larry Page and Sergey Brin decided that "Baidu Earth" would not make much of a splash in the United States, and were banned from sale by the court during the trial. This is a

It was an extremely heavy blow. Although Ron spared no effort to promote "Baidu Portal" to provide global download links for "Baidu Earth", "Google" determined that at most a very small number of American users would choose to download "Baidu Earth". But

Now that the membership version and VIP membership version are launched for free for three months, it is quite a headache.

"Larry, the situation is not good! The number of users using 'Baidu Earth' has increased significantly. Once these users get used to the operating window and habits of 'Baidu Earth', it will be very difficult for them to switch to similar software."

Sergey Brin worried.

There is a reason why people in the business world have always talked about enclosing land and enclosing land. Because people have a kind of inertia. Once they get used to something, they will not change it easily. To put it nicely,

It’s because you have feelings, to put it mildly, it’s just laziness. Regardless of the type, once a person accepts something, he or she will be extremely picky and skeptical when accepting similar things.

This is the case now. If users accept "Baidu Earth", it will be difficult for "Google Earth" to squeeze into this market in the future.

However, although they are aware of this possibility, Larry Page and Sergey Brin have no way to solve it. It will still take half a year for "Google Earth" to be launched. This is already the limit of "Google" and cannot be advanced any further.

You know, originally "Google Earth" was planned to be launched next year after "Google" went on the market. Now, under the pressure of "Baidu Portal", we have to suspend the development of other projects and devote all our efforts to the development of "Google Earth".

Guaranteeing its early launch has already made Google extremely miserable. If it goes any earlier, there is really nothing that can be done. What’s more, things launched in a hurry will not be able to compete with “Baidu Earth” and will only be laughed at by the time.

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"Segil, now we can only wait and see what happens." Larry Page said helplessly.

In today's market, whoever seizes the opportunity will be leading step by step. Now that "Google" is lagging behind, we can only secretly work hard and look forward to making efforts in the future to catch up with "Baidu Portal". Fortunately, "Google" does not

There is no need to worry too much. After all, the most important service of a search engine company is the search engine. "Google's" "pagerank" technology is undoubtedly ahead of "Baidu Portal" Robin Li's original "hyperlink analysis".

Of course, Larry Page and Sergey Brin think it is not safe to rely on this alone.

"Segil, it seems we should launch 'gmail' ahead of schedule!" Larry Page said.

Sergey Brin nodded. "Google" must not allow "Baidu Portal" to grow slowly. They must control "Baidu Portal" in advance. Otherwise, if they let it grow bigger, the future will be unimaginable. At least, "Google" never wants to

Create a strong rival for yourself in the future.

After the "Google" board of directors agreed, "gmail" was officially launched to "Google" users around the world 2 days before the second court hearing.

The so-called "gmail" is Google's free webmail service. It comes with 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 whatever you need.

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Of course, the 1g capacity is only temporary. In the future, "Google" will launch "gmali" with a larger capacity. Now it is just a matter of occupying the market first!

It must be said that the launch of "gmail" gave all investors who were optimistic about "google" a shot in the arm. Ever since Lin Feng and Robin Li declared war on "google" in China in a high-profile manner, "google" investors have begun to feel uneasy.

Lin Feng's magic is too stressful, and many investors really feel that they are very stressed.

Although "Google" used the law to ban the sales of "Baidu Earth" in the United States, in fact this was a helpless move in the eyes of many investors, indicating that "Google" now has no ability to deal with "Baidu Earth". This is by no means

Good news. Subsequently, 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”, which did not have a good way to deal with it.

Many investors feel that "Google" seems to be a bit out of its depth.

Just when the confidence of investors was wavering, "Google" launched "gmail" forcefully, just like the rain after a long drought, and the timing was just right. It was launched when the confidence of many investors began to waver, which was enough to restore the confidence in the market, and to "

Google” will play a role in safeguarding its future listing.
Chapter completed!