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Google basically destroyed itself when it decided to become an ad network rather than a dumb pipe you pay to access. You have to pick a base to sell to. Selling
by darby_nine 2y ago
Google basically destroyed itself when it decided to become an ad network rather than a dumb pipe you pay to access. You have to pick a base to sell to. Selling to two different bases at once (advertisers/seo and actual users) means both resent you and neither respect you.
When google gets split up the whole world will cheer.
- thfuran 2y ago>Google basically destroyed itself when it decided to become an ad network rather than a dumb pipe you pay to access. It didn't destroy itself, it became one of the largest and most profitable companies ever.
- darby_nine 2y agoRight! Imagine how big they'd be if they hadn't given up on microtransactions in the 90s. I'd guess not trying to be broken up by the DOJ.
- thfuran 2y agoProbably they'd have closed shop long ago, because someone else would've done ad-funded search, and it's nearly impossible to compete with free.
- darby_nine 2y agoWe'll never know because nobody tried. The internet is too broken now to bother searching. For a group of people that claim to love empirical analysis people on this site sure do love writing off anything but the current state of affairs.