Just my opinion. They are spreading themselves very thin across a wide field of software & technologies. Instead of focusing on what they do well, search engine related things, they make attempts at other projects that, the end result may not be great, but it builds to the reputation of Google. I feel Google would like to dominate every aspect of owning a computer. Which, I suppose wouldn’t be a bad business model, but what happens in the end, is a large collection of moderately okay services. I would rather have a small, but fine tuned & expertly executed group of my creations.
You can tell Google doesn’t know what to do with their search engine anymore (now that it is near perfected) because their new ‘changes’ seem gimmicky & are met with widespread discontent. From them adding wallpaper to their homepage, to changing the way Google News looks. Google just doesn’t know when to quit. They can’t just sit on their hands & watch the money come rolling in. They are a very greedy company.