Nov 18, 2008 Posted in Fun and Inspiration, Marketing Ideas

Does Anybody Doubt that Google Owns All of Us?

Google is such a smart company it is scary. I have no contact or affiliation with Google but when I hear about how they operate, the products that they pump out and the profits they generate, it doesn’t take a genius to figure that they’ve got it together.

The story that I like about Google is that they insist that employees spend 30% of their time “day-dreaming” about new ideas that can help the company. I don’t know if this is true or not but again, look at the results.

Google Earth is not new anymore but if you haven’t seen or heard about it, here you go. Google Earth allows you to enter any address or location in the world and Google will give you a satelite image of it. We’re not talking a 50,000 foot view either. We’re talking, zooming right down to street level.

It is an unbelievable product. What does it mean to marketing? Well, off the top of my head, if you offer travel services you can offer clients a video preview of your destinations. The details that Google Earth is able to produce are amazing and your clients will definitely get the feeling of being there.

Are any of us safe from Big Brother Google? I don’t know but the technology is pretty amazing!

A lot of you told me that you enjoyed the Dancing Matt video. Here is a video he made using Google Earth to show everyone some of the places he’s danced. Very cool stuff.