Charlene Li Quotes (36 Quotes)

Even offline, the large merchants are offering very real advantages to consumers, and are far superior to most local retailers, ... There are always exceptions, but by and large that's the case. In a large bookstore, you can get coffee, sit in a comfortable chair, lounge for hours -- it's really an experience.

Then they show up at the door and the reality is that they are 5-foot-8, 240 pounds and have not run a mile in years. A background check is not going to help you with that.

Finding and indexing it and making sense of it -- they do a very good job of it. You could argue that its a step ahead of what Google and Yahoo and Blinkx is doing.

I think Google is going to blow them out of the water. So they need to dive into some niche and develop something other than just blog search.

It's only a small number of people who know what to do with it.

I think there are going to be privacy issues, no doubt about it - somebody's going to feel uncomfortable with it.

Despite the struggles of its ISP arm, AOL.com is well positioned because of the number of users of AIM (AOL's Instant Messaging) and the strength of its new online mail offering.

The fact of the matter is--the average user shouldn't have to get used to RSS. It should be something that's just as easy as browsing the Web or doing anything else on the Internet.

It's the social nature of Live.com that I find so fascinating, or the potential of that.

The ROI is infinite--it's the enrichment of people.

Yahoo is taking aim at women and other people who have felt left out of the discussion.

There is this natural inclination by big communications giants to want to be the focal point for the user experience, the starting point, the way to search the Web, and not just an instant message or voice communication tool.

Social search is not one of these things that will take off overnight. It will take a lot of time to build.

When they announced it, it seemed to underscore that they were the only company on the Internet with the vision, ambition and technology to do this. It seemed to only enhance Google's reputation.

They're not going to back off of something that they billed as being so critical to adding to the base of knowledge and information that's available online,

With Windows Live, Microsoft is asking people to entrust a lot of their lives in the hands of Microsoft, ... Trust is a loaded word for Microsoft.

The thing about search is that it's all about performance, not about the brand name. As long as it performs, people are going to buy it.

Having a balanced approach to content lets a Web company target a range of audiences. Different people are willing to pay for different things.

It sounds spiffy, but there is reason to be skeptical. Set-top boxes and other appliances designed to ease the use of the Web haven't taken off, despite grand promises. It's an innovative idea, ... These are the same users that won't even download new software on their browsers.

It's the same reason why someone has a Web page or why people feel comfortable going on reality TV.

That's not to be underplayed, ... At some point, you'll want a personal experience, and you can't get that online. ... There's still an opportunity online for small and midsize businesses to drive traffic to their offline stores, and that offers a way for them to differentiate themselves. It is pretty dismal when you look at the numbers, but there is that silver lining in the dark clouds.

In theory, it makes a lot of sense to combine the two operations, especially on the back end. But merging the two actual portal consumer experiences into a unified site will be a nightmare.

The big hurdle for video search to overcome has been the dearth of content that people really want to find online. That's starting to change rapidly.

My personal assessment is that most of the dot.com ads fell short of what they should have done, which is educate people on why they should visit the site.

If the ad is bad people get turned off. That's 125 million potential viewers, so you just killed reach. But there's also a big potential payoff. I think it does pay off because you get a lot of traffic, a lot of free public relations(in media stories). It helps position themselves for the next round of financing.

It's a big fight to go against the traditional media companies. They'll need a lot of money to do that.

Search engine users aren't terribly loyal, so a better or more targeted technology could make headway.

It's going to take a long time for video search to develop.

Everyone has a different way of dealing with content. If a portal can produce better results with tagging or intelligence than its competitors, people will come to that site and use it instead of the others.

They were hoping to become what AOL was supposed to be when it made the Time Warner deal six years ago.

Others say the deal could also raise flags over the combined AOL Time Warner's ability to limit access to Internet content. From the consumer point of view, there may be questions about whether you'll have to be an AOL subscriber to get Time magazine, ... That combination of media with the access is one through which you may be able to block access to your competitors' subscribers.

Ad-supported software for consumers and very small businesses is only the beginning. Microsoft's real aim is to build and host a service platform that will attract the investment of developers looking for a way to reach these market sectors.

They are being fairly careful about it, but they are walking very rapidly toward becoming a portal. They have a lot of other services gunning for them, so they have become most keen about building user loyalty so the users don't have a reason to go someplace else.

The question will be if people will stay and switch their mapping and local preferences over to Microsoft. I suspect that this new offering is a definite step in that direction.

They're the first ones out there with an integrated approach to sharing content. But there will be fast followers.

Google is taking a lot of hits to its image as a benevolent spreader of new and better technology. In some ways, its success has made people scrutinize what it does much more closely.