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In his short tenure, he's shipped Google+, coordinated the redesign of several Google properties and reorganized the entire company [1].

Even if he wasn't focused on these long-term projects, it would be foolish to judge him this early on. This piece speaks more about the cynicism of WSJ than of Page & Google.

1: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/04/exclusive...

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I absolutely agree with you but unfortunately, none of those you mentioned are currently creating "value" for shareholders, which is what these short-sighted Wall Street analysts are looking for.

In fact, two things that "destroyed" value (at least in the short term) happened under Larry's watch. 1) 12.5 Billion acquisition of Motorola 2) $500 Million settlement with the DOJ.

Read my other comment below for more details.

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