Google’s weaknesses revealed, or rather compiled.
French consulting firm FaberNovel has put together a weakness analysis of Google. While there isn’t much evidence that Google is in any immediate trouble, this report will certainly have an small impact on the Google’s stock price. Perhaps the most interesting threat is talent retention. The close tie between stock options and salaries for Googles top creative and management employees is a cause for concern in today’s market condition. Already Google has repriced its options earlier in the month to account for the slow economy. Tim Armstrong, former Google Senior Vice President, left the company earlier this month to take over as CEO for AOL.
Also discussed in the report are intellectual property issues, which have seemed to do littel to affect Google’s success thus far, potential anti-trust lawsuits, and privacy concerns. Despite these things, the strength of Google’s search business is just too strong to think that we will see Google going away any time soon. But perhaps Google, despite its best efforts, will fall victim to the hype curve just like MySpace has.
Check out the presentation of the report after the jump.
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