How much for Google Services?

Over at Google Blogoscope, Philipp Lenssen points to a forum discussion how much would one pay for a Google Service.

Here’s the top Google list:

Google Search – Php200USD 3INR 289EUR 3CNY 25/month
GMail – Php150USD 3INR 217EUR 2CNY 19/month
Google WebMaster Tools – Php100USD 2INR 144EUR 2CNY 12/month
Google Toolbar – Php50USD 0.85INR 72EUR 0.81CNY 6/month

Of the 4 I listed, I’m only really serious with Google Search (as I do a lot of research). GMail is next in line only because I’m able to consolidate all my accounts into one and use Mobile GMail. I’m actually willing to spend something around sub-1k for these services.

So, can you name your price for any of the Google Services? Are they really worth paying for (in case they weren’t free)?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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4 Comments

BRB says:

18 years ago

I would say: Php 200/month for Google Search, Php 200/month for Gmail (maybe 300/month if you include Gmail for domains) and maybe Php 150/month for the Webmaster Tools. I don’t have the Google Toolbar so that is Php 0/month.

However, I think we tend to put a price on things because we find them useful but I don’t think people would actually pay for things like these. The fact that they’re free services suggests that Google also thinks people aren’t willing to pay for them or that the loss of traffic isn’t worth the few millions it can earn from those people who are. I could be wrong though.
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Alfa says:

18 years ago

If spamming is paid I believe these very useful services deserve price tags, too.
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Dave Starr says:

18 years ago

Considering how much I use Google Search and how much money I make using it I would have to say I’d pay a thousand or more per month for the service. The ‘net has reached a point where Google essentially “owns” search … see:
http://www.bruceclay.com/searchenginerelationshipchart.htm

But GMail? I use it strictly as a lazy man’s way to have copies of mail on a second server … the user interface is abysmal and I wouldn’t pay anything for it.

Webmaster Tools … also zero in my book, I see very little there worth the effort to use, even for free.

Google Toolbar? An annoying screen real estate ‘sqautter” that Google should pay me to use … there is too much unavoidable “chrome’ at the top of most browsers and I object to giving up a whole line of it for whatever it is that Google Toolbar allegedly does for us.

Not a good prospect for monetization from what I see, so Google better stick with search and AdWords/AdSense
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Miguel says:

18 years ago

You can pay for these if you want… click on the ads!
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