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Google and Facebook both had technology that was obviously monetizable from the start. They just needed time to build the product and build the monetization fea
by gowld 7y ago
Google and Facebook both had technology that was obviously monetizable from the start. They just needed time to build the product and build the monetization features.
- ollerac 7y agoThis is a rosy way to look at things after-the-fact, but, as far as I understand, the way Google monetized their search (by showing only relevant ads) was still a fairly new business practice at the time. And Adsense wasn't well tested either. Both were bets that ended up transforming the entire online Ad industry...
- sixQuarks 7y agoIt was Overture that started doing pay per click ads on their search engine. Google copied that business model and actually got sued for it.