According to statistics, Google office software attracted October Independent Visitors in 1.4 million, a seven-fold increase over the same period last year. in the company's statistics, if you browse an Office document, you can also select an access, not necessarily to edit the document. in Article Said that in May June, Google improved the user interface of the online office software and then conducted marketing activities to a certain extent. Now it seems that these initiatives have produced results, it brings a lot of traffic.
The analyst also attributed part of Google's office software development to Microsoft's release of the new version of Office software this year. he said that Microsoft's office2007 was significantly modified on the user interface, which made it difficult for some old users to adapt and switched to Google's online office software.
Currently, Google's online office software includes three components: word processing, Workbook The presentation and presentation tools correspond to Microsoft's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The presentation tools were launched in May.
The company reported that some competitors appeared in the online office software market, but they still cannot compete with Google, these competitors include thinkfree, zoho, and zimbra that has been acquired by Yahoo. in addition, Google is far ahead of Microsoft and is not the office live of Online office software.
Microsoft currently provides a function called "Live Work room", which allows users of office software to store documents directly. Network Space But these files cannot be modified and edited online.
There have been rumors that Microsoft plans to change its low-end office software works to an online version, providing free use like Google, and generating revenue through advertising.
industry analysts believe that Microsoft has many slogans and few actions in software servitization ". ballmer and others have long said they want to make money through the so-called "Saas" model, but so far, Microsoft has not provided any well-known application software for the free online version to Internet users.