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No, Google is an advertising company, pure and simple. Virtually all of their products are a means to aggregate an audience that they can sell to advertisers. S
by ryanwaggoner 16y ago
No, Google is an advertising company, pure and simple. Virtually all of their products are a means to aggregate an audience that they can sell to advertisers. Search is just another way that they do this.
Groupon could definitely end up being bigger than Google.
- axod 16y agoIf there was ever a sign of a bubble, it's this comment. Some local coupon startup thingy bigger than Google? u-huh. People have been saying 'local is gonna be big' for years. I don't see why. Why do they think more money will be spent locally than people already spend other places?
- ryanwaggoner 16y agoYeah, cause everyone knew Google was going to be worth 200 billion or whatever after they were 18 months in. And the amount people spend on local commerce absolutely dwarfs all online spending, let alone online advertising.
- pchristensen 16y ago2001: Some web search thingy bigger than all the auto and media companies in the US? u-huh.