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Google better not be evil - they already dominate the world.

Google = World dominance.  Period. 

This table compares country ranking for Facebook, Twitter and Google in light of some reports showing Facebook surpassing Google in US traffic.

Country	Internet users	Facebook’s pos	Twitter’s pos	Google’s pos	Site at #1
China	360,000,000	Not in top 500	371	3	baidu.com
United States	227,719,000	2	12	1	google.com
Japan	95,979,000	30	20	2	yahoo.co.jp
India	81,000,000	4	11	1	google.co.in
Brazil	67,510,400	16	18	1	google.com.br
Germany	54,229,325	3	11	1	google.de
United Kingdom	46,683,900	2	10	1	google.co.uk
Russia	45,250,000	20	40	4	yandex.ru
France	43,100,134	2	46	1	google.fr
South Korea	37,475,800	5	19	4	naver.com
Iran	32,200,000	58	Not in top 500	1	google.com
Italy	30,026,400	2	30	1	google.it
Indonesia	30,000,000	1	12	2	facebook.com
Spain	29,093,984	2	19	1	google.es
Mexico	27,600,000	4	22	1	google.com.mx
Turkey	26,500,000	2	26	1	google.com.tr
Canada	25,086,000	2	11	1	google.ca
Philippines	24,000,000	1	10	3	facebook.com
Vietnam	21,963,117	8	192	1	google.com.vn
Poland	20,020,362	8	118	1	google.pl
Worldwide	1,733,993,741	2	12	1	google.com

Above: The top 20 countries in terms of internet users, plus worldwide results.

These number are from Facebook may have surpassed Google in the US, but what about other countries? | Royal Pingdom.

Cloud-Based Apps, One step closer.

Last week I enjoyed several energetic conversations with my tech peers at the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World 2010 conference.  Cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) were popular topics.

At the same time, Google made three major announcements that make their Google Apps family more interesting and capable. 

1) The more exciting news was the purchase of DocVerse, a company that brought us collaboration from within MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.  This will be integrated into Google Apps although details are sketchy at this point.  This removes the excuse of features missing from cloud-based apps, and keeps the experience familiar for power users.

2) Another announcement was around Google offering advanced backup for the Apps Suite.  Details are still out, but it should provide disaster recovery (DR) level options on all the files.

3) The launch of the Google Apps Marketplace, where other cloud service providers can sell their integrated products.  Integration with other SaaS is often weak at this early stage, but Single Sign On (SSO) is appearing regularly.  The workflow vendors such as RunMyProcess offer great promise for this sector.The Marketplace also lists many consulting shops doing Google Apps configuration and development. 

These are the pieces we need, steadily coming together.  I only wish Microsoft were competing in a more timely manner -- just to keep Google honest.

PS: I'll be talking cloud stuff in April at Computerworld's SNW conference in Orlando with the folks from Nasuni.