Facebook’s Future

Has Google lost its cool factor?

Expansion.  Growth.  Collapse?  You’ve probably asked yourself if Facebook is set to follow this pattern.  Or, if like Myspace, it shifts into a different focus (music) and rebrands itself.  You remember Myspace right?

It has become apparent that after years of exploding growth, “ceiling” is not a word Facebook worries about (or Lil’ Wayne for that matter).  Thanks to its easy layout, widespread growth, and multi-dimensional way of simply transferring your life to the digital realm, it’s here to stay.  We can bank on that in the near future as long as its absurd growth continues.

Looking at graph after graph of Facebook’s worldwide domination, it is obvious this monster has a new rival that originally, more than likely, was unexpected: Google.

That’s right, the Grand Daddy of them all – and both sides are bringing serious ammo to this fight.  After snatching up hundreds of those Silicon Valley types from the innovator incubator (Google), Zuckerberg is clearly aiming to take Facebook to the next level leaving Google behind as the dumped girlfriend you never were really THAT into.

How does this all work?  Google has been on a losing streak – Facebook, just can’t go wrong.  It’s not that Facebook doesn’t make mistakes, it’s that they continue to churn out new user-friendly products that are being gobbled up by a bigger and bigger audience – so the mistakes are seemingly forgotten by the majority of users. It  comes down to search, and though Google has dominated this field for years, data points to a shift in where users are spending their time.

Data doesn’t lie.