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A two-hit-wonder. 50% of their revenue comes from search and 50% from adsense.

by no_gravity 13y ago

ConnorBoyd 13y ago
Their search revenue is still advertising revenue though
- csallen 13y ago
  Any two things can be sufficiently generalized to being describable using a single term.
  - erichocean 13y ago
    No, it's simple: Google is not payed by people for search. They are payed to display ads, whether it is alongside search, or as part of AdWords. Seriously, are you really arguing that Google's revenues are not primarily from ad revenue? With the sale of Motorola, it'll be back above 90%—just like it was before Motorola.
    - rieter 13y ago
      No one is arguing Google's revenue is mostly ads. It just doesn't mean Google is a one-hit-wonder. There are different advertisement products. You could generalize any company that way. Apple would be a one-hit-wonder who's revenue comes from one source - selling consumer electronics.
runako 13y ago
So half from ads and the other half from ads?
- wutbrodo 13y ago
  This makes approximately as much sense as "Apple is a one-hit revenue wonder: almost all their revenue is from direct sales".
  - cpncrunch 13y ago
    Apple seems to be plateauing in terms of revenue, and although google's revenue is still growing I'm wondering how long it can last. There is only so much advertising that they can squeeze out of the internet. If you look at youtube, they have been putting in more and more ads in the last year which has helped boost revenue, but now there is nowhere left to go. As for their non-advert products: how big a market is the thermostat market, and what are the chances that Google will somehow screw up Nest? Google isn't exactly very good at customer service, and you need that for hardware. As for these amazing robots, we've been hearing for 50 years about how robots are going to be making our lives easier at home, but it hasn't happened yet.
    - chucknelson 13y ago
      > how big a market is the thermostat market... As has been expressed at various places on the web, the Nest acquisition was most likely about more than just thermostats and smoke detectors. It was probably about good consumer product design in general.

A two-hit-wonder. 50% of their revenue comes from search and 50% from adsense.

ConnorBoyd 13y ago

Their search revenue is still advertising revenue though

csallen 13y ago
Any two things can be sufficiently generalized to being describable using a single term.
- erichocean 13y ago
  No, it's simple: Google is not payed by people for search. They are payed to display ads, whether it is alongside search, or as part of AdWords. Seriously, are you really arguing that Google's revenues are not primarily from ad revenue? With the sale of Motorola, it'll be back above 90%—just like it was before Motorola.
  - rieter 13y ago
    No one is arguing Google's revenue is mostly ads. It just doesn't mean Google is a one-hit-wonder. There are different advertisement products. You could generalize any company that way. Apple would be a one-hit-wonder who's revenue comes from one source - selling consumer electronics.

runako 13y ago

So half from ads and the other half from ads?

wutbrodo 13y ago
This makes approximately as much sense as "Apple is a one-hit revenue wonder: almost all their revenue is from direct sales".
- cpncrunch 13y ago
  Apple seems to be plateauing in terms of revenue, and although google's revenue is still growing I'm wondering how long it can last. There is only so much advertising that they can squeeze out of the internet. If you look at youtube, they have been putting in more and more ads in the last year which has helped boost revenue, but now there is nowhere left to go. As for their non-advert products: how big a market is the thermostat market, and what are the chances that Google will somehow screw up Nest? Google isn't exactly very good at customer service, and you need that for hardware. As for these amazing robots, we've been hearing for 50 years about how robots are going to be making our lives easier at home, but it hasn't happened yet.
  - chucknelson 13y ago
    > how big a market is the thermostat market... As has been expressed at various places on the web, the Nest acquisition was most likely about more than just thermostats and smoke detectors. It was probably about good consumer product design in general.