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Google Earth was bought, not made (they acquired Keyhole, Inc). And I don't think it makes any money for google, at all. Many huge companies have diversified r
by 10ren 17y ago
Google Earth was bought, not made (they acquired Keyhole, Inc). And I don't think it makes any money for google, at all.
Many huge companies have diversified revenue streams, within a broad industry - like Nestle, General Electric, Proctor and Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive.
Google has diversified products, but it doesn't have diversified revenues.
That said, information comprehension is like science in that the more you look, the more there is. Google's mission may have a lot of runway left in it.
- dasil003 17y agoTotally. IBM got blindsided by software as a product. Microsoft got blindsided by the Internet. Google is not going to be blindsided by some kids who magically perfect search in 10 years. It'll be something completely outside their core competency.
- 10ren 17y agoThinking further, google does have some significant diversified revenue streams - it's all within advertising, but it's not all search. Specifically, those ads you can have on your webpage.