Re:Why I'd never work for Google, Twitter, or Facebook
by tripzilch on Monday August 01, 2011 @03:35PM
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> I generally like the way Google does advertising (disclaimer: I work for Google). It doesn't get in your way (except in some cases on Youtube).
> It pays for a lot of great services that are free to the end user (search, GMail) and Google clearly separates organic search results from paid promotion.
Got any links/reports to back that up? Which ads pay for what parts of what great services?
Cause it's a wonderful assumption, except the "great services" you quote hardly have any ads on them, but they are everywhere else, where they do (sort of, sometimes), get in your way.
I'm just saying. Google's advertising profits are quite mysterious. And possibly rightly so, they are a company, after all, and it's probably in their best interest not to share that data.
Except it refers statements about what great services their advertising crap exactly pays for to the realm of pure speculation.
Got any links/reports to back that up? Which ads pay for what parts of what great services?
Cause it's a wonderful assumption, except the "great services" you quote hardly have any ads on them, but they are everywhere else, where they do (sort of, sometimes), get in your way.
I'm just saying. Google's advertising profits are quite mysterious. And possibly rightly so, they are a company, after all, and it's probably in their best interest not to share that data.
Except it refers statements about what great services their advertising crap exactly pays for to the realm of pure speculation.