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Google's Silent Monopoly

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Isaac Garcia from Central Desktop Blog writes, 'How much does Google pay *itself* to claim the top ad position for searches relevant to its own products? Google holds the top advertisement (Adword) slot for the following key words: intranet, spreadsheet, documents, calendar, word processor, email, video, instant messenger, blog, photo sharing, online groups, maps, start page, restaurants, dining, and books... ...if you are trying to advertise a product that is competitive to Google, then you'll never be able to receive the Top Ad Position, no matter how much money you bid and spend. How different is it than MSFT placing its products (Internet Explorer) in a premium marketing position (embedded in the OS)?'"

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  1. one billion dollars by Jerom · · Score: 0, Redundant

    per hour. That's how much google pays itself for the topspot.

    Who the hell should they be giving the money they pay too? The author of the [sarcasm] intellectual masterpiece [\sarcasm] linked to?

    No of course not, for advertising on google you should pay to ... (wait for it) ...

    that's right, google

    So let us see how this works out

    Googles money = Googles money - [advertising cost] + [advertising revenue]

    in case they are paying themselves, these two numbers are of course equal,
    thus after minimal simplification we get

    Googles money = Googles money

    or

    1

    In other terms

    the question "how much does x pay itself" is NOT EVEN WRONG.

    *sigh*

    this has to be one of the most fucked up, sensationalist articles about google on the front page for quite a while.

    J.

  2. Re:It's fine for Google to do that by Irish_Samurai · · Score: 1, Redundant

    That's only for Google.com, not their other offerings such as google.jp and such. World share is about 73%.