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I was wondering already some time ago that when they will start directly grabbing the share of some other business revenue. I saw this coming when I learned th

I was wondering already some time ago that when they will start directly grabbing the share of some other business revenue. I saw this coming when I learned that they have started to connect the cap between showing the ad and then directly entering the web page. Even when there was no correlation, they want to squeeze themselves in. This made me realize that their endgame is to get share from every sale. They want to claim that the sale happened because their ad and they are entitled to get the share. Maybe not now but soon.

Consultant32452 9y ago
Well, it's been said for years that Google's biggest competition is not MSFT or Yahoo, it's Amazon. Put in that context, I think it makes sense. When I want to find the best price for a product I generally search two places: Amazon and the Google Products search. Doesn't make sense for Amazon to get a cut if Google doesn't.
- nerfhammer 9y ago
  It's because one day Amazon will be the only place anyone buys anything and thereby it becomes the only company that would need to buy ads, and in a monopsonistic auction the winning bid is zero. Seriously. The less competition for ads the less money Google makes. Google has every reason to want a crowded marketplace and not a single 800lb gorilla as its only customer.