Google CHROME - how will it impact our traffic, domains, & ppc revenue? Good bad none

[DNBA]

great another damn browser i have to test in. well i think this will effect our industry. as a Hosting company, i redirect my 404s to DS. may mess up my stats on that. Overall i think this is bad. google is trying to be the "Killer Aps" company and turn into another microsoft. where will it ever end with google? I can see it now, google food, google cars, google insurance...

[David G]

, i redirect my 404s to DS. may mess up my stats on that. ...

Good point. I installed both Chrome and IE8 and it appears they were in effect 'stealing' my 404 error code traffic by going to a search or suggested sites instead of my own 404 pages and redirect to my home-page. That is an immediate loss of traffic, especially with some sites which get a lot of 404's.

[Focus]

I don't install any of that buggy shit on my laptop!

[msn]

So - where is the script to ensure there are no more site-based "404" errors which then allows the browser boys to eat traffic?

[cleverlyslick]

google chrome seems to be pretty nice.fast and clean too.

[Carter]

I like it from a personal point of view.
Don't like me from a domainer point of view.

[cleverlyslick]

would be nice to have a home page button.like IE click on the little house and it takes me back to my default home page.

got the homepage button.had to go to settings.

[Honan]

I love it
It is the start of the end of microsoft
This browser treats web pages exactly like applications
It speeds up the free online word , calc , email and photo software
To the user, the internet becomes seamless with their other PC actvities
No need to make that consciouss decision, I will now stop doing whatever and go on the internet
The user is already on the net, working away at whatever and then can do a search on their own computer or on the net or type a URL all through the same place ( the old URL box)
It is open source so expect many applications
It is using a new open source V8 Java
When Google introduces an operating system for the masses shortly, Microsoft will be plummet
Compare:
One company speeds things up and makes thing simpler
The other slows everything , increases complexity, and then pays Jerry for an ad campaign hoping that will fix everything
Vista business is the straw that broke the back on MS
MS has alienated millions of users
Chrome will bring more internet use by seamless integration with on line applications
Web sites will get more repeat traffic because the in built suggestion tool incudes previously visited sites

All that is just my humble opinion

Here are the drawbacks I have found using chrome

Typo domains will get less traffic
There is no way to sort bookmarks other than drag and drop
There is no way to remove or amend headers and footers on web page prints
Text zoom can't be saved for future sessions
Just one folder of bookmarks cannot be all opened. It is all bookmarks or nothing
8 lines of a post at dnforum can be read without opening the post

[Domainate.com]

I love it
It is the start of the end of microsoft

It is the start of the end of one Microsoft, and the birth of another. But that won't happen until they come out with an OS, and even then to kill Microsoft's eons-long stranglehold on that market will be difficult. The only reason IE ever beat out Netscape in the first place was because every computer coming with windows came with IE and made IE open up quicker, basically giving it an easy unfair advantage.

Even if Google makes fast stuff NOW, wait until they have monopolies on more stuff. What revolutionary stuff have they done to search since they've started dominating it?

[BLazeD]

How do you move the bookmarks folders from the right of the top bar to the left?

[Jonathan]

I've had a few problems on some sites with Chrome, always with buttons that are supposed to be performing some sort of function. Anybody else?

[acronym007]

I have to agree with everyone on one thing, it sure is fast.

I will warn you thought, I have ran into some browser incompatibilities which I expect will be corrected in due time but in the meantime you might see some sites not fully functional with Chrome just yet.

As a domainer I would not worry, like many industries we have to find ways to overcome our obstacles, we are no different than any other indsutry. Change can be good.

[MacyT.]

I love it
No need to make that consciouss decision, I will now stop doing whatever and go on the internet
The user is already on the net, working away at whatever and then can do a search

I can do that with Firefox now.

[DNP]

Well, I can see up to 3% of my entire traffic comes from Google Chrome already. And all these are for 3 days only!

[KING dot NET]

Anyone try Chrome yet?

I did, nice tool for my home network. It provide the needed security for kids against malware, phishing and a clean browser. Don't forget to check the "option" for your configuration. Its added value to your surfing experience. I can open multiple tabs without hang-up so far, which I experienced with IE7.0.

http://my.king.net/2008/09/google-chrome.html

I don't know the effect on PPC yet. Which I'm sure google will control the direct navigation of ads soon. A browser and a search engine.

You must own some big sites with a big advertising budget if have no problem with the auto suggest feature. You think owning a generic that is parked...say with a Yahoo feed, is going to continue to get thousands of visitors?

Google is trying to side step any government intervention by pushing the 'open-source' motto. Sure, wouldn't it be great if all these other browsers copied us and helped us control the traffic?

Anyone recall the issues with subliminal advertising - like the quick flashes of a coke and popcorn, right before a drive-in movie started? This site suggestion pattern is manipulative advertising to the 100 degree!

The internet becomes less open and much less equal when the search engines can manipulate WHAT people search and not just HOW they search. Major conflict of interest.

There may be no drastic changes yet, but make no mistake, this will have an enormous impact on domainers whose business model was based on type-ins.

You nail it.

Both Chrome and the new IE8 appear to potentially heavily negatively impact search traffic, Adsense/YPN ad displays, typeins and especially typos and TM names in favor of the better known Suggested Sites it finds.

If you rely much on Typos/TMs you could be in big trouble with a looming huge decline in their resale values. I can see them dropping in value by at least 90% due to these 2 double-whammies.

No doubt about it. One of their objective is to remove the "garbage" of Internet. They can easily redirect typo or trademarks owner to their respective "real" owner website.

The sky is falling.....the sky is falling!

Just started last Tuesday, google chrome launch date.

Well I really really like chrome, I am using it right now and if it wasn't for roboform I would have already made the total switch. I disliked IE I never liked firefox but I do really like Chrone. Well the sky is not falling but we need to change the business model. 5 10 yrs max time and this business will be upside down. This will hurt more than anything extensions making them useless very soon. Google is going for the big pie, why sharing? Now the address bar and the search are all the same it does not matter anymore. On chrone google.co resolves to google. Will google.cm soon redirect to google? Anyway once you try there is no going back. It is so much faster so much better than the others. I love the downloads the privacy page and everything else. With gmail this is the best product google launched by far. We are doomed

OpenDNS is already using redirecting typo to the real website, for example google.cm google.co redirect to google.com website. Small companies already using openDNS on their network.

[izopod]

First impressions:

- fast
- clean
- efficient on resources
- have to get used to the location of the tabs

I concur... The key with "chrome" is that it is faster. You can tell right away you aren't using ME.

Side note... For some reason this morning when checking my Gmail, Chrome froze on me. Nice I could click off, but thought that was interesting.

Another quick observation with Chrome is that I get to the sites I normally visit a lot quicker with the set up. I am also visiting Google.com more often, as when I enter a search term I get sent to google. I do this because the search field is right there.

[Acro]

Concerning the speed, Chrome cheats by having a default option checked about DNS pre-caching. In other words, it works in the background while you're viewing/reading a page calculating the next step. Otherwise, I don't find it faster than Opera - which is conveniently excluded from most comparative tests (Opera is by far the most feature-rich browser).

At this point, the key benefits of using Chrome beta 0.2 seem to be the low memory footprint (1/20 to 1/10 that of Firefox) the seemingly crashproof tabbed engine and the Google brand. It's not a finished product and it will sustain a lot of changes, but as with every other Google project it will have unlimited financial backing.

[David G]

I don't install any of that buggy shit on my laptop!

The capturing (in-effect) of 404 traffic is by design and not due to bugs.


P.S. I like Chrome so much I deleted the IE icon from my desktop.

[Dorin]

the value of real generic domains will rise.

[tetrapak]

G. TOS has been changed from this:

"11. Content licence from you

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights that you already hold in Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content, you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content that you submit, post or display on or through the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

11.2 You agree that this licence includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organisations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this licence shall permit Google to take these actions.

11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above licence."

To this:

"11. Content license from you

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services."

EEeeeeek...