This stock has lost its steam, Google is out spending millions on
satelites and server farms and they are trying to have a facility with
employees in every state. The shine has faded and the google fad is
over. Inflated numbers and products produced (Google Checkout) all to
expose the name Jokegle I mean google in the consumers computer
screens and improve the "overall Google experience". No one likes
google checkout, its just there just like all its other products.
Advertising is pointless when people don't have money to spend:) Prime
example why the spending needs to stop and Google needs to get a grip.
READ BELOW........sorry I'll wait for this stock to hit $180.00,
everyone knows no stock lasts above $200.00 unless your Berkshire.

On its conference call, Google said social networking inventory not
monetizing as well as expected. Google also said it is not seeing
effect from "rumors" of a future recession

'not seeing effect from "rumors" of a future recession', what a liar!

Fed chairman did see it, so he cuts the rate twice in less than 10
days;
Bush did see it, he plans to give out a $150 billion check as soon as
possible;
We saw it because GDP this quarter is 0.6% (Last quarter is 4.9%);
You will see it tomorrow if the employment number disappoint Wall
Street.
Check out the news in the past one month, cut-job is everywhere.

Who has the mood to fall in love with GOOG? Are you? I doubt.

Good luck!

Wow I am really impressed by the previous post. Makes so much sense.
Google is trying to save their stock by denying recession...its only
going to hurt them down the road....when they will finally say oh we
didn't think it recession was a possibility. I sold my Google
yesterday.

Heck yeah, short this stock for the next year or till the recession
ends, then buy. Ride the recession rollercoaster.

eise and jing both had great points with legitimate claims. goog will
be scary in the short-term and prob should be sold, depending where
you bought. on the other hand, both of these commenters clearly
believe that the earth will blow up if the U.S. slips into a recession
and are not looking past '08 at all. from a long-term perspective, one
factor can not be ignored: goog holds 65% of the market for searching
anything on the internet... that is an amazing stat when considering
its top competitors: yahoo and msn (microsoft). even more, consider
google's market share of on-line video, which is quickly becoming the
leading way to advertise online: in october, goog held the highest
percent of the market at 31% of on-line videos. #2 and #3 were fox and
yahoo, holding 4.4 and 3.5%, respectively.