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Google Doubles its Profits

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the selling-like-hotcakes dept.

WinEveryGame writes "Google just announced a very strong quarter. The internet search engine said it had net income of $721m, or $2.33 per diluted share, up from $343m a year earlier. Wall Street had expected earnings of $1.94 per share. Earlier this week Yahoo had announced lower than expected earnings."

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  1. Sadly... by imsabbel · · Score: 0, Troll

    Microsoft makes money by selling software, which might actually be of use for people.

    Google makes money by data-mining, information hogging and add selling, which by itself is the incarnation of all that is evil about the web going commercial.

    But somehow,google is the one thats "not evil". I guess marketing works.

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    1. Re:Sadly... by Alexandra+Erenhart · · Score: 1, Troll

      Microsoft makes money by selling software, which might actually be of use for people.

      Keyword: "Might"

      Google could be all the things you said, but at least it gets the job done. Their search engine works. Their tools work. And I definitely can choose to use Google or not. Not many people can say the same about Microsoft products.