Google Me – Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution….

Google Me!

 

When you hear it, depending on who said it – the connotations can be many.  But we all know what it means – to search and find.  To show how fast Google has become a piece of the collective mainstream consciousness, let’s do a little experiment->

 

Think back 5 years…to when Google was one of the fastest growing sites online, but was still not quite mainstream enough to be a verb in Webster’s.  Then think back just less than 10 years, to when you first heard about Google.  I know it seemed like another good search engine to me at the time.  Did I suspect what was coming?  Maybe the founders did – but I can’t recall anyone with the grand vision of today (even 5 years ago.)

 

Now, think about today – we have “Google Me” – as a song, a new movie, a radio show, and a battle cry for those wanting to be found.  According to Jim Killeen, producer of Google Me – the Movie, there’s even Google Me, Reality TV up and coming.  Host Jim Cobb produces Google Me Talk Radio, and artist Teyana sings “You betta google me baby!” The other day at a networking event, I heard more than 10 people say “Google Me” when someone asked for a business card.

Where will Google and the Google culture be in 5 years?

I can’t agree with these folks.I’ll venture a bold guess – and please comment to tell what your thoughts are:

-         With the environmental push growing and expanding, and the old guard of Baby Boomers retiring, business cards will become a thing of novelty for sake of the planet and that of convenience.  We’ll all make the move to be found online.

-         With the surge in mobile technology, we’ll move from towers and laptops to laptops and handhelds (already happening) – and then to solo handhelds with flatscreens and keyboards that tote along.  People will be Googling in the airport, on the train platform and in the hotel lobby to find contact info.

-         As things move to a more and more local focus, your standing in your community will be effected both positively and negatively by Google searches.

-         Google will have it’s own tv channel – much like HGTV – instead of house makeovers, it will be personal web makeovers.

Don’t believe it?  Take a second and think about what you believed ten years ago….and then leave us a comment.

 

Andy “Google Me” Greider is a marketing consultant and new business director with Carroll/White and radio show host of business growth solutions show, Uniqueness is Power. Andy is also Brand Manager with qAlias, plus he is a serial entrepreneur, author, blogger, inventor of the Gorelephant and networther.