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>and two extremely profitable groups (one in the case of Google) Didn't Google announce last year that Android made a billion dollars of profit?

• nikcub 16y ago
  The majority of that is search revenue, so it is booked in the other org. Android books marketplace revenue, which will eventually be a billion dollar business but not yet. Chrome is also profitable because of search revenue, although I haven't seen a figure anywhere
  • Jabbles 16y ago
    Isn't "search revenue" actually mostly "Ads revenue"? What is the boundary on the Ads group? Who controls ads in YouTube videos?
    • nikcub 16y ago
      Yes search revenue is ad revenue. I know that for Android it is accounted in ads but I have no idea about YouTube
• kenjackson 16y ago
  This article seems to suggest that Android could make a billion dollars in 2012 in revenue, not profit: http://blogs.forbes.com/ericsavitz/2011/02/08/googles-android-a-billion-dollar-ad-business-in-2012/ http://blogs.forbes.com/ericsavitz/2011/02/08/googles-androi... Is there a source for $1B in profit in 2010?