{"id":17,"date":"2008-02-28T18:07:38","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T23:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multithreader.com\/TheInquisitiveMind\/2008\/02\/28\/can-wall-street-value-brand-loyalty\/"},"modified":"2009-04-11T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2009-04-11T16:18:58","slug":"can-wall-street-value-brand-loyalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/multithreader.com\/TheInquisitiveMind\/2008\/02\/28\/can-wall-street-value-brand-loyalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Wall Street value brand loyalty?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apple\u2019s brand loyalty is legendary. There are user groups out there still supporting the ill-fated Apple Newton<\/a>. It is not hard to understand why people like Apple. Their products offer an unparalleled blend of functionality and elegance. <\/p>\n

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The Google Halo:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Analysts are also critical about Google\u2019s investments in their non-core businesses like alternative energy (RE < C )<\/a> or the <\/a>Google Lunar X Prize<\/a>. Though on the surface these investments seem like a distraction, they have a bigger goal: to build a halo around Google which loyal users can associate with at a deeper level.<\/p>\n

Web-Search is an industry where it takes just a mouse-click to switch providers. Google Earth has allowed me to revisit places dear to me half the way across the world. And if the army of users who have built applications on top of Google Earth (and the related Google Maps) I am not alone in enjoying what Google offers. Similarly GMail with its no-fee POP downloads, huge storage capacity, and relevant links provides a significantly better user experience compared to Yahoo! <\/p>\n

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Apart from the greater good of mankind, their investment in alternative energy has a clear business objective also: to reduce the cost of running data-centers as the cost of energy and the amount of data which has to be stored grows exponentially. <\/p>\n

Other firms can come up with a better search engines or a better phone; but can they duplicate Google\u2019s halo or Apple\u2019s cult? Go ask Microsoft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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