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That might be problematic. I was under the impression that most of those "verticals" don't actually make a profit. Adsense is the primary revenue engine for th
by theBobMcCormick 17y ago
That might be problematic. I was under the impression that most of those "verticals" don't actually make a profit. Adsense is the primary revenue engine for the whole company.
More importantly, it seems a little pre-mature to talk about anti-trust action against Google when they are facing pretty robust competition for pretty much every one of those verticals.
- agentultra 17y agoIt's just frustrating that they're constantly entering every vertical. They don't completely dominate and eliminate the competition (in most areas), but they are building an impressive portfolio of acquisitions. Probably not an anti-trust case... but it's going to be something. And we'll figure out the laws and legislations necessary to regulate it when it happens. Until then I will remain shamelessly paranoid of the company.
- yanw 17y agoWhat's wrong with it entering 'every vertical'? If they have something to offer it's only good for consumers as they introduce choice by adding a new player to that vertical, it's still a free market. Paranoia alone isn't a solid ground for antitrust allegations.
- byoung2 17y agoYou're absolutely right, without ad revenue, those other verticals would probably stagnate. And Google needs all those verticals to feed into a central repository so Google can achieve it's ultimate goal of indexing and archiving all of the world's content. Search for the web, Gmail for our email, YouTube for our video, Google Voice for our voicemail, etc.