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No, not really. I doubt there will be ads in Docs & Spreadsheets. But there ARE and WILL BE ads in Gmail* and Google search results. The main idea is to keep yo
by sjs382 17y ago
No, not really. I doubt there will be ads in Docs & Spreadsheets. But there ARE and WILL BE ads in Gmail* and Google search results. The main idea is to keep you in Google's ecosystem and to make advertising on the web more valuable.
Selling advertisings isn't about creating new places to put ads--it's about making advertising space more valuable. And that isn't as straightforward as you seem to think. :)
* And adsense ads in apps that others create.
- netsp 17y agoIt still sounds pretty far removed. Release an OS that will drive traffic to your spreadsheet app that will drive traffic to your search engine where you can sell ads. *Gmail still doesn't really makes much money.
- sjs382 17y agoContextual advertising in an email client is VERY valuable. :)
- netsp 17y agoI disagree
- andreyf 17y agoRelease an OS that will drive traffic to your [...] search engine where you can sell ads. Not far removed at all. Google makes billions by selling ads. Even if they budget a couple of million $/year for this project (might be less, depending on how you structure the proejct), they'll be making crazy returns if this increases their ad revenue just by 0.001. Not to mention all the FUD it'll cause inside MS :)
- netsp 17y agoRelease an OS that will send more people to the internet, where your (profitable) search engine is.