Google provide data both directly and indirectly to the searching public through the Google sites and through partnerships with other sites. The recent launch of the API beta program suggests a move towards encouraging results to be delivered by others. Syndication of Adwords lessens reliance on the Google site for income from that stream.
By ceasing to provide a search function directly Google would benefit from removing the onerous responsibility of providing customer service to millions of search users, savings in hardware and bandwidth and remove the situation where you are in competition with paying customers for providing search results.
How core to Google's business is the provision of public access to the Google database through the www.google.tld sites?
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Google provide data both directly and indirectly to the searching public through the Google sites and through partnerships with other sites. The recent launch of the API beta program suggests a move towards encouraging results to be delivered by others. Syndication of Adwords lessens reliance on the Google site for income from that stream.
By ceasing to provide a search function directly Google would benefit from removing the onerous responsibility of providing customer service to millions of search users, savings in hardware and bandwidth and remove the situation where you are in competition with paying customers for providing search results.
How core to Google's business is the provision of public access to the Google database through the www.google.tld sites?