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That's because they'd be right to laugh. Search isn't a multi-billion dollar industry. Advertising is. If you don't believe me, name a company making billion
by jacques_chester 11y ago
That's because they'd be right to laugh.
Search isn't a multi-billion dollar industry.
Advertising is.
If you don't believe me, name a company making billions of dollars from search engine fees alone.
- jacquesm 11y agoWould palantir qualify?
- jacques_chester 11y agoYou know what? Maybe they do, in the larger sense of "search engine". But if we make the definition too generic then folk will start naming Bloomberg and LexisNexis and you and I, being two guys called Jacques who remember the late 90s, will wonder how these companies wound up in the same category as Alta Vista, Lycos or Excite.
- bane 11y agoProbably not: Nobody knows their current revenue/profit figures, but most public estimates seem to indicate under a billion/year. Their primary sales appear to be consulting and integration services with their software as a minor concern.