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Google walked away from that mission years ago. More and more of their search results are not search results but rather ads. That is not organized information
by simplecto 6y ago
Google walked away from that mission years ago. More and more of their search results are not search results but rather ads.
That is not organized information as we were lead to believe.
- Spivak 6y agoGoogle is losing the war against SEO garbage but they’re not ads. Ironically for shopping results the ads are better at finding thing you’re looking for than the actual content. I suspect that the reason is that stores put more effort into actually sanely cataloging their stock for ad placements than for their main site.
- simplecto 6y agoI have definitely made searches on google on a 2015 macbook pro, only to see every link above the fold be an ad. Google still offers utility but their dominance will be challenged by niche players (in aggregate) over the coming years. I do not put a value judgement on their behavior. I merely comment on the opportunities presented when they become too big to innovate from the bottom.
- systemvoltage 6y agoGut feeling says you're right, but their financial performance is extraordinary and based on selling not just ads, but so much more. Google Maps has literally the entire US mapped out in terms of street view, GSuite is such a bargain, GCP is up there with the three big cloud providers. I don't know what Verily life sciences is doing, there is also Waymo (no revenue), and Google X (moonshots).
- nmfisher 6y agoLast time I checked, ads were literally something like 99% of Google revenue.
- systemvoltage 6y agoI just checked, you're right. I was looking at the Alphabet revenue (parent) and 82% comes from Google Ads. Thanks for the insight.
- ElonMuskrat 6y agoAnd the other 18% is probably "non-profitable" ads e.g. YouTube.
- throwaway3699 6y agoThe other 18% is things like YouTube Premium/Superchats, Cloud, Android, etc...