AMZN or GOOG which is a better long term investment and why?

by long term I'm talking 15-20 years.

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Both companies are good. GOOG has lot of cash on its hand and it has a very good business model. The creative/innovative companies will do well. GOOG and AAPL fall in this category.
If I were at you, I would invest in AMZN as well as GOOG.
The reason for AMZN, they have the best business model on selling any goods either from them or via 3rd party. They support it via good customer service. This type of service go long way. AMZN is more than a book seller.

I'd say GOOG

AMZN is good too, but I'd have to say GOOG is better because it has less competitors and higher margin and EPS growth

I'd have to go with GOOG because the share price has taken a beating lately and the valuation is now very attractive.
Also, AMZN is more at risk with an economic slowdown. People will buy less but big companies are still going to be advertising with GOOG so GOOG is the better play right now.
Btw, I also like YHOO. I liked it before the MSFT news this morning when it was under 19 and I like it even more now at 28. Might see a pull back to maybe 25 then it should do very well going forward. The DOJ should not block this and it's a great deal for YHOO to accept the offer since their market cap is below $40Billion and the offer was for over $44B...that values the pps at 33.40. It's actually suprising the shares weren't up even more today.
I'd be a buyer of both GOOG and YHOO now.

GOOG I have to agree with everyone else. What make AMZN not so desireable is it faces several problems. Shipping costs and inventory carrying cost two. And whenever sales tax on their sales kicks in, that will be another mill stone around their neck.

GOOG has a WIDE moat. So wide in fact standing on one side you can't even see the other side.

i feel like google is...because if they bid for yyahoo and they buy it out it will cut out the competition..but if msft buys out yahoo...then watchout google tht may drive the price down ..so wht i feel is if goog may go down less than 500-not to scare anyone-this is just my speculation. so plz dont sell based on my words.

GOOG is a better long term investment and here's why:

1) With a housing crisis and a possible recession, people will still search on Google but they might buy less hurting Amazon.
2) Google has better management and growth than Amazon does.

Hope I helped =]