Comments on: Google searches for $135 per share

With IPO price set at $108 to $135 a share, Net heavyweight could turn in one of largest-ever market debuts.

Doesn't this defeat their original objective???

Google originally wanted their IPO to be friendly to all investor types (i.e. Dutch auction). Does pricing north of $100 really meet those objectives?

It IS investor friendly!

As you no doubt know, investments can go up and can go down. If an investor can't afford to lose $100 then s/he shouldn't be investing. If s/he only has $1 or $10 or £25 to invest, then they're not going to see much dividend revenue from that anyway. And if they do have $100 to invest, then it makes no odds whether they have 100 shares at $1 or 1 share at $100. A $100 per share offering actually protects 'penny-share' investors from themselves.

Doesn't this defeat their original objective???

Google originally wanted their IPO to be friendly to all investor types (i.e. Dutch auction). Does pricing north of $100 really meet those objectives?

It IS investor friendly!

As you no doubt know, investments can go up and can go down. If an investor can't afford to lose $100 then s/he shouldn't be investing. If s/he only has $1 or $10 or £25 to invest, then they're not going to see much dividend revenue from that anyway. And if they do have $100 to invest, then it makes no odds whether they have 100 shares at $1 or 1 share at $100. A $100 per share offering actually protects 'penny-share' investors from themselves.

[anthonycea]

Google IPO and the election!

Will the Google IPO decide the who the next President is?

It could, with the stock market and economy in bad shape, Google could help bring both back a bit.

Could Google wait until the election is over to keep from helping Bush?

See more coverage at:

http://www.searchwars.squarespace.com/display/ShowPage?moduleId=19786

You will find a lot of intelligence at the above website on all Google issues including the IPO.

[David Arbogast]

Give us a break

Oh for cryin' out loud. Hold back the economy because it will give your candidate a better chance? Stall what may be a popular and successful IPO so that another presidential candidate can claim credit? Capitalism drives America, like it or not. Lets not let our ugly partisan attitudes stall the growth of the economy, please. I don't think you want this to be seen as the "Democratic Way," do you?

[anthonycea]

Google IPO and the election!

Will the Google IPO decide the who the next President is?

It could, with the stock market and economy in bad shape, Google could help bring both back a bit.

Could Google wait until the election is over to keep from helping Bush?

See more coverage at:

http://www.searchwars.squarespace.com/display/ShowPage?moduleId=19786

You will find a lot of intelligence at the above website on all Google issues including the IPO.

[David Arbogast]

Give us a break

Oh for cryin' out loud. Hold back the economy because it will give your candidate a better chance? Stall what may be a popular and successful IPO so that another presidential candidate can claim credit? Capitalism drives America, like it or not. Lets not let our ugly partisan attitudes stall the growth of the economy, please. I don't think you want this to be seen as the "Democratic Way," do you?

[bobby_brady]

Is Google down,

I can't search!

[bobby_brady]

Is Google down,

I can't search!

Google to charge from 4/'05?

Has anybody else heard that Google plans to begin charging for all searches from April 2005?

If so, invest in Google now!

At least that may mean your searches from 4/05 might be self-funding! (i.e. what you pay out for searches might be offset by share earnings).

[anthonycea]

They already charge for searches!

Google traffic redirection to ADSENSE publishers websites is a charge, they have been redirecting traffic to their ADSENSE publishing partners since 11/2003

see http://www.webcenter.squarespace.com and you will see a bit of this "so called theory".

Google to charge from 4/'05?

Has anybody else heard that Google plans to begin charging for all searches from April 2005?

If so, invest in Google now!

At least that may mean your searches from 4/05 might be self-funding! (i.e. what you pay out for searches might be offset by share earnings).

[anthonycea]

They already charge for searches!

Google traffic redirection to ADSENSE publishers websites is a charge, they have been redirecting traffic to their ADSENSE publishing partners since 11/2003

see http://www.webcenter.squarespace.com and you will see a bit of this "so called theory".

Micro$oft by another name

Google has such a huge jump on all other business-orientated search engines that opting out of Google to use A.N.Other free search engine (after Google starts to charge for searches) is not a very valid option.

...so is Google's stranglehold on the search engine function (service) as abhorrent as Microsoft's stranglehold on PC operating system software and office productivity s/w applications???

Micro$oft by another name

Google has such a huge jump on all other business-orientated search engines that opting out of Google to use A.N.Other free search engine (after Google starts to charge for searches) is not a very valid option.

...so is Google's stranglehold on the search engine function (service) as abhorrent as Microsoft's stranglehold on PC operating system software and office productivity s/w applications???