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IT-raketen Google får problem, aktien rasar, vad händer nu? Problem för Webbföretagen?
February 27th, 2008
Googles Campus i Mountain View in Silicon Valley
Google är ett helt unikt IT-fenomen vars aktie har gått som på räls de senaste åren.
Men nu har Google plötsligt fått problem. Microsofts ambitiösa försök att köpa Google-konkurrenten Yahoo är en faktor, och till detta kommer nu nyheten att Googles reklamintäkter inte längre växer som de har gjort hittills.
Aktien som var uppe i det helt otroliga $747.24 i november ligger nu på morgonen på $465.
Den starkt försämrade amerikanska ekonomin bidrar starkt till Googles försämrade sits, eftersom folk inte längre handlar lika mycket på webben som tidigare.
Miguel Helft skriver i New York Times: A Highflier Loses Altitude as Google’s Clicks Go Flat
In all, Google’s shares have fallen $283 from their peak, wiping out $83 billion in market value, and bringing a aura of vulnerability, at least on Wall Street, to a company that just four months ago seemed unstoppable.
Investors have focused with new intensity on Google’s so-called paid clicks, which grew at 30 percent in the fourth quarter, because the search and advertising giant earns the vast majority of its revenue from text ads, for which it is paid only when users click on them.
Many analysts saw the comScore report as the clearest sign that Google, which does not give forecasts about its future performance, is not impervious to the slowdown that is buffeting the United States economy.
“There are pretty strong signals now that the economic slowdown is having impact on consumers’ behavior online and therefore having a negative impact on Google,” said Clayton Moran, an analyst with the Stanford Group.
Wall Street analysts say that in addition to concerns about the economy, the company is facing a growing number of questions that are weighing on its shares. Has Google gotten so big that its ability to gain further market share is limited? Is its spending out of control? Will it face stronger competition if its two chief rivals, Microsoft and Yahoo, end up merging?
Det återstår nu att se om Googles problem kommer att smitta av sig på andra webbföretag här i Silicon Valley.
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