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Re:The Wikipedia layer has been removed from Google Maps by wpietri on Saturday September 07, 2013 @02:41PM (#6346045)
Well, that Software 101 thing applies to software you sell to customers. The theory is that you should keep doing the thing that people pay you money for.

However, with Google, we aren't the customers, we're the product. So here the equivalent question is, "Does the Wikipedia layer help the advertisers make sales?"

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Re:The Wikipedia layer has been removed from Google Maps by jgreen10 on Saturday September 07, 2013 @07:44PM (#6347126)
Does Google losing users help advertisers make sales?
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Re:The Wikipedia layer has been removed from Google Maps by wpietri on Sunday September 08, 2013 @05:52PM (#6350522)
It could well. For example, getting rid of the Wikipedia layer might make people more likely to click on displayed ads. So the people who leave Google because of the change might have clicked many fewer ads than will now be clicked by those people now more focused on the important thing. That is, giving Google money.
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