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果然，我看到TechCrunch刊登了Facebook正在开发秘密项目的报道。我周围的工程师都越发沮丧，有些人离开翡翠海，并加盟了其他项目组，还有一些直接跳槽到Facebook。我记得很清楚，当时已经没有人再听亚当斯的话了。很多人显然对他将幻灯片公开的行为感到不满。他当时准备以此为基础出版一本书，而我却听说谷歌曾经试图阻止或推迟这本书的出版。

  

　　于是，亚当斯最终跳槽到Facebook。我当时认为这个项目将就此终结。翡翠海项目之外的工程师都在发表讽刺性的评论，并且认为该项目在发布前就会失败。

　那时，我想起了好友圈团队负责人说过的话：“我们知道其中的危险，但我们打赌Facebook不会对产品作出如此深刻的调整。”

  

　　我原本以为他的意思是说，Facebook缺乏足够的灵活性对技术作出必要的调整。但我错了，真正的问题在于，他们不愿从根本上改变方向。考虑到他们的用户群如此庞大而忠诚，这也无可厚非。

　　这两家公司分别在凭借“Like”和“+1”按钮吸引大型网站与之合作。而移动生态系统也会产生巨大的影响。目前存在很多变数，而我所强调的一些事情最终可能不会对结果产生什么影响。

  

　　然而考虑到现存的因素，我预计：Google+不会夺走Facebook的王者宝座。但它的确会变成一款强大而有竞争力的产品，成为人们期待已久的另一种选择，就像是Chrome与微软IE的关系一样。Facebook仍将是最大的社交网站，但却难以继续占据压倒性的市场份额。

  

　　我预计，当格局稳定后，王者一说将不复存在。(书聿)

Google+ is also a great example of another focus of mine--beautiful products that are simple and intuitive to use and was actually was one of the first products to contain our new visual redesign.

Greater focus has also been another big feature for me this quarter--more wood behind fewer arrows

Last month, for example, we announced that we will be closing Google Health and Google PowerMeter

We’ve also done substantial internal work simplifying and streamlining our product lines

We have tremendous new businesses being viewed as “crazy”
Android
We actually have a new metric to report of 550,000 Android Devices activated a day!
That’s a HUGE number even by Google’s standards
Chrome
It’s the fastest growing browser
With over 160 million users

But our emerging high usage products can generate huge new businesses for Google in the long run, just like search
And we have tons of experience monetizing successful products over time

First, there is search and our ads products, the core driver of revenue for the company. Nikesh and Susan are going to talk more about ads later in the call

Next, we have products that are enjoying high consumer success--YouTube, Android and Chrome. We are investing in these in order to optimize their long-term success

Then we have our new products--Google+ and Commerce and Local. We are are investing in them to drive innovation and adoption

Overall, we are focused on long term absolute profit and growth, as we have always been--and I will continue the tight financial management we have had in the last two years, even as we are making significant investments in our future

So continuing to hire the best, keeping them happy and well rewarded is crucial to our future

And we strive to make those services beautiful, simple and easy to use

That way we can provide huge benefit to the world