Tag Archive: Google
How does Google make money?
Oct. 13, ‘11: In a word: Ads. This past quarter, Google generated $9.7 billion of total gross revenue. Of that, almost all of it was from advertising, both on Google’s sites and on its network “partner” sites, which run Google’s AdSense ads. But … Continue reading →
Google mobile ads now a $2.5 billion run rate business
Oct. 13, ‘11: Google CEO Larry Page just said on the company’s earnings call that Google’s mobile ad business is now on a $2.5 billion revenue run rate, up from $1 billion a year ago. In the context of Google’s overall business, that’s … Continue reading →
The most amazing thing about Apple is how fast it’s still growing
Oct. 13, ‘11: There are many impressive facets to Apple’s business: Its sheer size, its growth over the past decade, its international growth, its profitability, and how much of it comes from the iOS platform, which only came into existence four years ago. … Continue reading →
Watch as Apple’s Siri starts to remove Google from the mobile search equation
Oct. 5, ‘11: Perhaps the most interesting part of Apple’s iPhone 4S event yesterday was its demo of Siri, its new mobile assistant technology, which lets you ask your phone questions or give it instructions, which it magically responds to. The best way … Continue reading →
Why the Kindle Fire is actually good for Google
Sep. 30, ‘11: One of the prevailing opinions about Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet is that it’s bad for Google. That is primarily because it’s taking some control of Android away from Google, further fragmenting the Android platform, and will probably do better … Continue reading →
Apple is quietly disintermediating Google in mobile search
Sep. 27, ‘11: Apple is not building a web search engine — yet, that I know of. But through its new, voice-controlled mobile “Assistant” feature in iOS 5, Apple could change the way people think of searching, building search-and-retrieve directly into the iOS user … Continue reading →
The creative naming habits of big web portals
Sep. 16, ‘11: Google is working on a Flipboard clone called “Propeller.” This is yet another example of a product from one of the big web portals having the same name as a product from another big web portal. Kind of a surprise, … Continue reading →
Google will link to “view all” pages in search results instead of those with “arbitrary” page breaks
Sep. 16, ‘11: Google’s blog post has the details, including options for publishers. (Via Techmeme.) This is good news, in theory, for Google searchers. And it’s bad news, in theory, for publishers that multiply their ad revenue by asking users to click through … Continue reading →
Google has acquired companies starting with every letter but H, V, and X
Sep. 14, ‘11: The “List of acquisitions by Google” page on Wikipedia is one of its finest. I’d briefly thought that Zagat might have been Google’s first “Z” acquisition, but there had actually been six others already (among those known and listed). How … Continue reading →
Will Android ever beat Google’s search market share?
Sep. 14, ‘11: I posted yesterday about how Google’s search share seems “stuck” at 65%. At first blush, 65% seems low, considering that the word “Google” is synonymous with search. But search is fragmented, and rival portals with huge audiences or big budgets … Continue reading →