Comments on: How much for Google Services?

By: Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:27:38 +0000

You can pay for these if you want… click on the ads!

By: Dave Starr

Dave Starr — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:20:56 +0000

Considering how much I use Google Search and how much money I make using it I would have to say I’d pay a thousand or more per month for the service. The ‘net has reached a point where Google essentially “owns” search … see:
http://www.bruceclay.com/searchenginerelationshipchart.htm

But GMail? I use it strictly as a lazy man’s way to have copies of mail on a second server … the user interface is abysmal and I wouldn’t pay anything for it.

Webmaster Tools … also zero in my book, I see very little there worth the effort to use, even for free.

Google Toolbar? An annoying screen real estate ’sqautter” that Google should pay me to use … there is too much unavoidable “chrome’ at the top of most browsers and I object to giving up a whole line of it for whatever it is that Google Toolbar allegedly does for us.

Not a good prospect for monetization from what I see, so Google better stick with search and AdWords/AdSense

By: Alfa

Alfa — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:30:24 +0000

If spamming is paid I believe these very useful services deserve price tags, too.

By: BRB

BRB — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:25:47 +0000

I would say: Php 200/month for Google Search, Php 200/month for Gmail (maybe 300/month if you include Gmail for domains) and maybe Php 150/month for the Webmaster Tools. I don’t have the Google Toolbar so that is Php 0/month.

However, I think we tend to put a price on things because we find them useful but I don’t think people would actually pay for things like these. The fact that they’re free services suggests that Google also thinks people aren’t willing to pay for them or that the loss of traffic isn’t worth the few millions it can earn from those people who are. I could be wrong though.