{"id":1109,"date":"2011-05-09T18:07:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T18:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebizz.wordpress.com\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2012-04-16T22:35:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T22:35:21","slug":"is-apple-really-the-most-valuable-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chris-salazar.com\/blog\/is-apple-really-the-most-valuable-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Apple REALLY The Most Valuable Brand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techmeme.com\/110509\/p4#a110509p4\">Recent news<\/a> has been surfaced that <a href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article\/news\/apple-ends-google-s-year-run-valuable-brand\/227443\/\">Apple has overtook Google<\/a> and being the most valuable brand (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-05-09\/apple-brand-value-at-153-billion-overtakes-google-for-top-spot.html\">Apple&#8217;s value is $153 Billion<\/a>&#8230;wow!). \u00a0As expected, there are many <a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/google\/2011\/05\/09\/brand-value-aside-google-is-still-worth-more-than-apple\/?awesm=tnw.to_18Ars&amp;utm_content=api&amp;utm_medium=tnw.to-other&amp;utm_source=twitter.com\">skeptics<\/a>, but overall is Apple the most valuable brand?<\/p>\n<p>Its definitely a difficult decision b\/c the idea of being valuable to me probably is different to you. Princeton defines valuable as<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;having worth or merit or value<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Value&#8221; is defined as<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems that this award is highly subjective, although, no one can deny that Google and Apple are the top brands in today&#8217;s business world. \u00a0For me, value is something that is not a luxury, but a necessity; something that I count on every day.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, which brand could I live without? \u00a0Google. \u00a0Yes, I use Google&#8217;s search engine daily and even Chrome, but are there substitutes out there? \u00a0Pretty much; they may not be as good, but I can still get by. \u00a0Yahoo!&#8217;s search engine is ok and FireFox will get me through the day.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Apple, can I live without my iPhone or iPod. \u00a0Not a chance. \u00a0I use <a href=\"http:\/\/ebizz.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/06\/iphone-ios-4-3-3-hit-or-miss-jailbreak-info\/\">my phone<\/a> daily for just about anything you can think of. \u00a0I&#8217;m not even counting how I depend on it for making phone calls (as I use only 200 minutes a month), but for texting, blogging, taking pictures, listening to music (iPod and Pandora) in my car, and for my day job. \u00a0I highly depend on Apple&#8217;s products, which to me brings value.<\/p>\n<p>No denying Google is a top brand, but #1? 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