RSSGoogle Cashes in with Finance Portal
By Ed Oswald | Published March 21, 2006, 11:05 AM
Google on Tuesday introduced a new section of its site that would focus on financial information, including stock prices and news. What makes Google Finance different, however, is its charts -- investors would be able to see with more clarity what news stories are causing the stock to move.
Using headlines culled from Google News, the chart would be able to show the user whether a certain event or story is having an effect on the stock price itself. The charts can be moved through time periods by clicking and dragging and zooming in for more detailed information, much like the functionality used in Google's mapping product.
Whereas previously stock quote information could be obtained by entering a ticker symbol into the search bar, entering the symbol now would provide a link to the proper Google finance page. Furthermore, users would be able to save their lists of commonly visited stock pages into a "portfolio."
Google Finance team members A.C. Narendran and Katie Jacobs Stanton said the goal of the project was to improve the experience for searching for financial information. "We hope Google Finance lives up to that aim by offering a fresh perspective on company-related searches," they said.
As well as providing links to news headlines on the stock in question, the site would include blog posts regarding the stock, as well as moderated discussion groups on the company. The information is not only limited to public companies -- Google Finance includes information for privately-owned businesses as well, the search engine said.
While some have said such a service is long overdue, others have said the first incarnation is a disappointment, and will take quite awhile to catch up to the capabilities of other services.
"My inner cynic says that the reason Google launched this service this quickly is because it wants to capture those high [advertising] dollars from stock and mortgage brokerages," noted Internet pundit Om Malik said.
"Given how entrenched Yahoo Finance is in people's lives, Google cannot be incrementally better. A couple of AJAX widgets will not make me switch from Yahoo Finance to Google Finance."
So proud!.. This is developed in Google Bangalore, India Development Center.
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I sometimes hope Google IS the Devil, so that it can sodomize all that have dissed it!!!!
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Google maybe turning evil but thier competitors are all evil to the core. I would like to think that google will stick to the words of one of it's CEO "Don't Be Evil". Google isn't perfect but who among us is? (don't answer that). When was the last time Microsoft or Yahoo went against the government to protect your privacy?
http://www.wired.com/wir...ve/11.01/google_pr.html
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Google is the Devil!
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Wow fantastic review of the actual website. You insight makes morningstar look pitiful.
If you took the time to look around the information and format presented, you may find it fairly clean and useful to those whom engage the financial market beyone a two year olds understanding.
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hehe...
JD, you got another one...
You *are* keeping score, right?
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That's the former ServerMechanic right?
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ding ding ding!
We have a winner!
Seriously, man...what gave it away? ;)
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Hey guys. :)
Nice to see ya.
Yep.....'tis me.
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meh !!!...
they're alright
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Man, I can't wait for Google to start up their own trading company...like e-trade.
Yeah, that'd rock.
Then I can give them all my money and make billions as they invest it in things I've searched for and emailed others about and thus proved my keen interest in.
This is just the first step, man. Trust me.
Yee-Hah! ;) Google Rocks!
/fanboy
Well, that was fun. Anyone else?
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Firstly, why dont u invest in their shares and watch the outcome in next six months?
Then decide if you want to give them your money !!!
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