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How much money does Gmail actually make? Whenever I open up Gmail, I am way too busy to be looking at ads. I'm sure there's a non-zero number of people clicking
by sprout 16y ago
How much money does Gmail actually make? Whenever I open up Gmail, I am way too busy to be looking at ads. I'm sure there's a non-zero number of people clicking on ads, but as far as I'm concerned Google is mostly providing free IMAP service with a nice web interface and great uptime.
- jacquesm 16y agoI figure multiplied by a huge number of users it adds up nicely. And don't forget the spam filtering.
- sandipagr 16y agoyou think someone visiting Hacker News is their target market? or target market for almost 99%[1] of ads? [1] out of blue :)
- chopsueyar 16y agoNot sure how accurate this is... http://seekingalpha.com/article/196953-youtube-much-more-important-than-gmail-for-google http://seekingalpha.com/article/196953-youtube-much-more-imp... "...we estimate that Gmail had revenue per 1,000 page views of 6 cents in 2005 which increased to about 30 cents in 2009."