SEO, Adsense and General Stuff

Reading digg today, one of the stories was about Google spending $1 billion on infrastructure and building a “dark fiber”. Maybe not the most interesting news ever about Google (recent interesting news from Google was their move into more CPA programs (post later)). So whilst reading some comments, I saw a really interesting one;

Here’s the story:
- Google buys WIFI coverage for major U.S. cities
- Google buys/produces web applications for the most common Windows desktop applications
- Google constructs HUGE data warehouses around the country
- Google goes into talks with DELL and other laptop manufactures
- Google pays big money for higher bandwidth internet cabling
- Google in talks with big name Linux developers

The Plan:
A laptop computer that has a fair amount of low power RAM, good screen, good battery life, and no floppy drive, hard drive, DVD drive, or drive of any sort. (similar to the one in production by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation) The laptop will have high quality wireless reception.

The computer rolls out with Linux and Firefox heavily integrated.

Your hard disk is now Google. Your applications are now Google running on Firefox; both on and off line. You will be able to convert all your existing Windows files to Google files. Google comes up with a whole host of programming tools for developers to make networked applications via Google.

The net result…

A very inexpensive laptop
A host of free networked applications
Networked computing wherever you go
Your documents backed up for all time and eternity

Google gets…
I’m sure they’ll find some way to profit off there new service. 

—–

After reading that I immediatly thought that it was a bit farfetched but after re-reading it did seam very possible. It would be an amazing way to get to the market where people can not afford modern computer equipment. It would really benefit those living in 3rd world countries, but would cut out the adsense publishers. Scary though, personally I do have some concerns at the amount of data google stores about me, they have what I search about, know about my interests, where I live and probably where I am visiting in the evening (through Google maps [Directions]). It just wouldn’t feel right knowing that somewhere someone can get hold of all my files etc. That being said, it is pure speculation and Google assures users that no person reads Gmail and is very strict of privacy.