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Google Translate is a great product, but not monetizing it directly doesn't mean they do it out of the goodness of their heart. It is in their best interest to
by redial 9y ago
Google Translate is a great product, but not monetizing it directly doesn't mean they do it out of the goodness of their heart. It is in their best interest to have access to as much information as possible no matter the language, and in that context a powerful translator is a priority, there is no way around it, and that is a massive financial incentive. That it also provides a great experience to keep its users loyal to their ecosystem is also a great financial incentive.
- dumbfounder 9y agoAlso, don't underestimate taking away revenue sources from your competitors. If your competitor competes with you at A, but makes money at B, then taking away that B revenue stream affects their ability to compete with you at A as well.
- euyyn 9y agoI understand the comment, but how does that apply to Google Translate specifically?
- CamelCaseName 9y agoThere's Yandex which operates Russia's largest search engine (65% market share) which also runs Yandex Translate [0]. There's also Microsoft Translator [1], and Microsoft owns Bing, though MS Translator is a little different than Google Translate / Yandex Translate. [0] https://translate.yandex.com/ https://translate.yandex.com/ [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/home.aspx https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/home.aspx
- euyyn 9y agoGoogle Translate being free doesn't "take revenue away" from another free service, though. Plus I bet Google's precedes those other two.