Google makes the lion's share of its profits from ad revenue. Chrome is a big billboard. A shiny, speedy billboard, but a billboard nonetheless. It's no big sur

Google makes the lion's share of its profits from ad revenue. Chrome is a big billboard. A shiny, speedy billboard, but a billboard nonetheless. It's no big surprise for them to want to monetize it eventually. I would imagine the reason Microsoft never entertained that idea with IE is because Microsoft's core business is selling software, not selling ads. If you're running IE, you already gave MS money, either directly or indirectly.