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I would say that Google monetized organizing the world's information by selling ads. That is pretty exactly what they did with search and search ads.
by fakethenews2022 4y ago
I would say that Google monetized organizing the world's information by selling ads. That is pretty exactly what they did with search and search ads.
- ghaff 4y agoExcept that they largely deprioritized things besides search because they couldn't monetize to the same degree. Google Reader, Scholar, Books (and yes I know there were legal issues), Deja News/Groups, etc. They continue to sort of support things like Blogger but they're clearly not a priority. To Google, the "world's information" is mostly restricted to information they can serve search ads against.
- fakethenews2022 4y agoAgree but still a grand vision. Organizing the world's monetizable information and making it accessible. They added the monetizable part later. There has been other information besides the web that they have organized: YouTube.
- ghaff 4y agoI don't really disagree. They narrowed their vision over time but did start out with a grand vision.