"Remember the good old days when Google used to 'wow' people with their new products? AdSense. Gmail. Google Maps. These were products that took what was apparently a mature market and completely changed the game -- and did so in a way that made people say 'wow'. Last year, we noted that Google seemed to forget the 'wow' part when it launched Google Talk, and it appears they may have really misplaced the magic pixie dust with Google Video," says TechDirt.
There are quotes from other sites such as Davenetics saying "Hey, is it my imagination, or is the first really bad product Google has launched?"
Hm, well, the RSS reader was pretty bad, Google Pack has been described as an embarrassment and a mess, Google Base is at best unimpressive, I've not been to Orkut for ages, and, sorry guys, I've uninstalled Google Desktop and its ultimately disappointing sidebar. Did Google Search, Gmail and Maps set expectations no-one could live up to, or are we watching a company whose ambitions far exceed its abilities?
