Comments on: Google > Facebook Migration Continues

By: Ayush Saran

Ayush Saran — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:36:48 +0000

@Inderjeet: they are exercising their stock options, cashing in… and leaving

By: Inside Facebook » Top 10 Facebook Stories of 2007

Inside Facebook » Top 10 Facebook Stories of 2007 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:02:43 +0000

[...] and it is delicious.” Benjamin Ling, a former Director of Product Management at Google, left for Facebook in [...]

By: Inderjeet

Inderjeet — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:52:50 +0000

“With Google’s strong “share price” recently, it wouldn’t be surprising to see more make the jump in the coming months.” are u talking about stock prices of google.this line is making me confused.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:42:04 +0000

This is the start of something beautiful. I can see it now:
1) Employees of Google run over to Facebook.
2) Facebook applications quickly outnumber Google’s (they already do).
3) Better ad targeting on Facebook starts drawing more advertisers.
4) Users begin to make money on their profile through a rev-share model by allowing advertisers to post ads.
5) Applications with user-profile relevant content begin to appear.
6) More users navigate to Facebook away from Google for targeted information relevant to all their needs.
7) Google stock flat-lines as Facebook stock continues to skyrocket at record rates due to the bidding war between Google and Microsoft.
8) Eventually people realize the potential of Facebook over Google and the tide turns.
9) Facebook buys Google
10) Applications start showing up for word processing, calender generation, smartphone/ipod syncing, advanced photo/music editing, various advanced browser integrations, and allows for 80 gigs of online storage.
11) As FOOS (Facebook Online Operating System) grows, Microsoft feels the threat upping it’s bid to $100 billion-trillion-gazillion (I realize it’s not a real number).
12) Facebook remains private and over takes Microsoft in popularity.
13) Facebook buys Microsoft
14) Mobile phones finally catch up to the capabilities of today’s modern computers and Facebook mobile is perfected.
15) Facebook changes it’s name to FaceBoogleSoft.
16) A new era of controlled, personalized, user generated content, user targeted ads, and fast web programming for an online operating system becomes an unstoppable ultimate force.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:18:02 +0000

Congrats, Ben! He did a great job on Google Checkout, and it will be fun to see what comes out of the Facebook platform with him at the helm.