23 Quotes by Greg Sterling

Over the long-term, competition in search should increase. Growth is still impressive but it's moderating.

Whether FON ultimately succeeds or fails, the development of low-cost or free-access broadband networks will undoubtedly continue. Broadband is of critical importance to anyone whose business model is tied to the Internet.

This whole space is going to consolidate because it can't support lots of players. Ultimately, I expect Mamma.com will be acquired. It's hard to believe these companies will survive as stand-alone entities.

This reflects a move into other traditional media where there's a lot more money circulating. It moves them closer to this goal of being a comprehensive, one-stop ad-buying platform for any media.

There is a lot of inertia in the small-business market, which relies on sales representatives to call them or visit.

The wireless stuff is pretty far out. It'll be a few years at least before there is widespread adoption of wireless search.

They're trying to do a lot of different things to provide for a variety of needs out there. They've had mixed success. But there's a lot of creativity and they're striving to capture more advertisers.

There's a lot of miscellany in there that's not particularly relevant coming from the sites I've been to. For instance, there's a lot of stuff on Fox News, which I really don't care about...Over time it will get better. I would give it a six on a scale of 10.

There seems to be parallel development going on among all the major players,