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A hot new startup called “Google” (1999)
- yuhong 6y agoThe net loss for Google in 2000 does not seems to be that high: http://web.archive.org/web/20110709150010/http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312505065298/d10k.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20110709150010/http://www.sec.gov... There was nothing wrong with AdWords in terms of privacy in 2001, but Larry/Sergey should have been considering alternatives to it if at all possible. Getting rid of projects like the Google Toolbar would likely have helped a lot by reducing expenses: http://web.archive.org/web/20010330065621/http://toolbar.google.com/whatsnew.php3 http://web.archive.org/web/20010330065621/http://toolbar.goo... Anyone remember the Google Search Appliance for example? Google IPOed in 2004 with 99% of revenue being ads, which caused problems during the 2007-2008 recession https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/index.php?title=Google_Agonizes_on_Privacy_as_Ad_World_Vaults_Ahead https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/index.php?title=Google_Agonize...
- _sbrk 6y agoI remember this like yesterday.