Once upon a time, a long, long time ago there were three American companies that were referred to collectively as The Big Three. GM, Ford and Chrysler were the biggest selling automakers in the world. Recently Toyota and Honda have staked claim to positions in this grouping.
The newest Big Three sell digital information and hardware to make use of it. Google has announced to fully join this group with the announcement of the Nexus 7 tablet shortly after launching Google Play which unified its sales of software, music and other media. Amazon still leads in sales of books and its Kindle players are well regarded. The newest Kindle is the Fire which is not quite an iPad killer but established the price point that Google is matching with far superior equipment in the Nexus 7. “iPad”, of course, references Apple – the king of the hill in digital music sales and the runaway leader in smartphones and tablets.
Google is the most successful search company which provides them the opportunity to market their other goods and services very effectively. The intensity of the competition can be seen in recent events like the patent wars between Google’s Motorola Mobility division v Apple, Apple dumping Google Maps on the iPhone and Samsung v Apple lawsuits.
What all this means to businesses is that mobile is increasingly important and looks to become even more important in the post-PC era that we are entering. All the more reason to make sure that your business website is mobile-friendly and that it is showing well in mobile searches.
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