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Google is not an ad company. People just like to say that because they think it's clever or surprising or something. Google does not produce ads. They sell ad s
by stanleydrew 15y ago
Google is not an ad company. People just like to say that because they think it's clever or surprising or something. Google does not produce ads. They sell ad space. So does Facebook. So does NBC. These are product companies selling ad space.
- tonfa 15y agoAnd without a great product, the ad space wouldn't be very valuable.
- stanleydrew 15y agoTotally agree. This is why Google cares so much about the quality of results.
- marshray 15y agoAre you aware that Google runs an entire ad network? It's said to dominate the field of online advertising. Anyone know what proportion of their revenue comes from ad placement on their own product pages?
- mayanksinghal 15y agoI didn't understand the reasoning behind the retort. >Are you aware that Google runs an entire ad network? Which would mean that they would want to keep such third party sites interesting, fast and high quality as well. Chrome, Analytics and their other similar products/services are hence justified.
- marshray 15y agoI'm saying the search engine, email, phone OS, and social forums are Google products which are just tangentially related to their advertising business. It would be interesting to know what the real split in revenue is in the discussion about what their real "product" is.