people keep harping on the search part of Google's inovation, however IMO the unique thing about Google is not what you see at www.google.com but the fact that they've made money. True they have a clean interface, they haven't aped yahoo etc., that's nice but not as important as their broader business model. They have managed to generate advertising revenue without completely selling out and going the way of Ask Jeeves.
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people keep harping on the search part of Google's inovation, however IMO the unique thing about Google is not what you see at www.google.com but the fact that they've made money. True they have a clean interface, they haven't aped yahoo etc., that's nice but not as important as their broader business model. They have managed to generate advertising revenue without completely selling out and going the way of Ask Jeeves.