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> This is Google Earth and Maps. They're free to users, but make Google billions on ads Citation needed. Google only recently started showing ads in Maps and t
by gundmc 5y ago
> This is Google Earth and Maps. They're free to users, but make Google billions on ads
Citation needed. Google only recently started showing ads in Maps and there is no way it's near billions at this point.
- hirundo 5y agoI don't have that citation. But Google doesn't spend billions on growing and maintaining apps just for public benefit. Those services pull their weight (now or prospectively) or Google would pull the plug. Generally their strategy is to drive traffic to search, and ads.
- blihp 5y agoIt's more subtle than just showing a traditional ad. When you search on a business (i.e. restaurant, hotel etc) in a given area, businesses are often paying to show up prominently in the results and/or when you're zoomed out.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 5y agoThey don't need to. They can show more relevant ads in search or email if they know where you are on the maps.