Google Finance: First Review

Ok Ok..so now we have a competitor to Yahoo! Finance. Is there an uproar? Google claims(and its probably true) that people have been asking for a finance portal since its early days but were trying to perfect it.What has been the effect so far?

From a consumer perspective,this has not been an earth-shattering event. True, Google Finance has a slicker interface. For one, searching a stock is easier than it is with Yahoo as you are not required to specify whether it’s a company name or a stock ticker that you are entering. In addition, you can drag the stock’s graph thereby changing the time-period that you are looking at. However, Google’s offering is currently limited to stock research, whereas Yahoo’s offering is much more extensive and includes rich financial education and advice. In addition, Yahoo offers some original content, which Google doesn’t.
In summary, it will be interesting to see how this service evolves. For now, it’s just another place where consumers can research stocks.