• Fermion@feddit.nl
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      Yahoo is still around in some form or another.

      Alphabet has enough money to persist well after they lose relevance.

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      4 months ago

      I mean IBM is still traded but it’s a shadow if it’s former self

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        Similar tactic among all the large tech corpos, switch focus to IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, become the backbone of the modern computing landscape.

        It’s basically a slow switch to becoming critical international infrastructure like power grids, water ways, and gas/oil pipelines.

        This all while locking you in as much as possible and milking as much value as they can squeeze.

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            I’m pretty sure their ad revenue from their own pages is a tiny fraction of their overall advertising revenue… They basically own the advertising market online, almost anywhere you see ads googie is getting a cut

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              This source seems to indicate that’s not the case:

              1. Google Search & Other (56.93%)

                2023 Total Google Search & Other Revenue: $175.04 billion
                This is revenue generated primarily from ads shown on Google’s search results pages and other search-related services.

              2. YouTube Ads (10.26%)

                2023 Total Youtube Ads Revenue: $31.51 billion
                This is revenue from ads shown on YouTube videos, including display ads, overlay ads, skippable video ads, and non-skippable video ads.

              3. Google Network (10.20%)

                2023 Total Google Network Revenue: $31.316 billion
                This is revenue from ads displayed on websites and apps that are part of Google’s ad network, beyond Google-owned properties.

              4. Google Other (11.26%)

                2023 Total Google Other Revenue: $34.68 billion
                This is revenue from Google’s other ventures and products, such as hardware (like Pixel phones and Nest devices), Play Store purchases, and other non-advertising sources.

              5. Google Cloud (10.75%)

                2023 Total Google Cloud Revenue: $33.08 billion
                This is revenue from Google’s cloud computing services, such as computing power, storage, and data analytics offered to businesses and developers.

              So, 57% from search, and only 10% from ads on non-Google pages.