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While I realize that it involves different business units entirely, but a company paying itself for its own products seem a bit weird to me, doesn't it?
by chewxy 15y ago
While I realize that it involves different business units entirely, but a company paying itself for its own products seem a bit weird to me, doesn't it?
- thurn 15y agoIt still costs Google money to run ads, in the form of opportunity cost (they're not getting the money someone else would pay to be there).
- danshapiro 15y agoThe bit about shifting budget dollars around is an accounting issue. many (if not all) advertising businesses have "house ads" that they run for their own products. It's similar to when you see an ad for an NBC show while watching a different NBC show, or an ad for Consumer Reports auto pricing service in Consumer Reports magazine.