Upvoted but I do not like this idea of "do not go against Google". Zoho did not stop and they are a profitable company without outside funding. All their products compete with Google products. Twitter could have hung up when Google bought Jaiku. Omnisio does not allow new sign ups, and yet there are several people who can use the service. Gmail Chat is beautiful, but Meebo is still doing well. Friend Connect is out there, but Facebook Connect got 1.5M updates on Inauguration day. Android appstore has 800 apps, and the near future is not looking good. And so on...
EDIT:I say pick one field where Google sucks and improve it, make it better. One thing is for sure, you will have less competition by going against Google then by going against Twitter or FriendFeed or HN...
Yes; but, this is different. Your not competing with Google on something they think could make a ton of money. Its not something that Google is missing out on features. The problem is stability. Google has its own data centres and has many experts on this.
EDIT:I say pick one field where Google sucks and improve it, make it better. One thing is for sure, you will have less competition by going against Google then by going against Twitter or FriendFeed or HN...