36 ms·
The fact that it works so well (makes so much money) comes down to the realization I had that Google isn’t a software company at all. It’s an advertising compa
by stanleydrew 17y ago
The fact that it works so well (makes so much money) comes down to the realization I had that Google isn’t a software company at all. It’s an advertising company.
Google is not an advertising company any more than NBC is an advertising company. The reason Google makes so much money comes down to the fact that they have built the (perceived) best and cleanest search product on the internet. A lot of that probably has to do with writing great peer-reviewed code.
- jleyank 17y agoMaybe "advertising" is the wrong, but both Google and NBC are in the business of selling eyeballs to companies selling products. They choose different media, and one can't really call a TV network cool, but it's the same revenue stream(s).