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Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 1:42 pm
by NHJ BV
Do you think Stephan should be going back to dreaming of inevitable, obscene wealth? I think he should, showing everyone that dotcom isn't dead <!--emo&:)--><img src='
http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 3:32 pm
by norsenerd
well there is the one small diference: <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Google actuly shows a profit!</span><br><br>Maybe this is just good buisness but after Maxis went public they went downhill fast. I'm biting my toung and hope the same thign dosn;t happen to google.
Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 8:30 pm
by Zylo
Bleh...I gave up on following the economy and stock market. I used to, but no more...too depressing =/<br><br>I'm just trying to figure out what it is Google does that can return a profit?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 12:09 am
by Henohenomoheji
Is that the stock market or a programming job... I can't remember.<br><br>
Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 1:07 am
by norsenerd
Google sells advertisements and sposored links. Those ar ethe ones at th left whe you run a search.
Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 2:34 am
by Zaaphod
Heh, I wish I got in on the dot-com boom and then got out before it cratered. Because, I too, dream of inevitable obscene wealth. <!--emo&:D--><img src='
http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br><i>"I regret nothinnnnnnnnngggggg..............."</i><br>
Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 7:37 am
by NHJ BV
<!--QuoteBegin-DraganFox+May 5 2004, 06:30 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (DraganFox @ May 5 2004, 06:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Bleh...I gave up on following the economy and stock market. I used to, but no more...too depressing =/<br><br>I'm just trying to figure out what it is Google does that can return a profit? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Serving ads, selling sponsored links and licensing their search technology to whoever is willing to pay for it mainly.
Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 8:00 pm
by ShadOtterdan
Many information sites have a search function powered by google.
Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 8:01 am
by Softpaw
They used to sell rack-mount hardware, dedicated search engine servers and such. I dunno if they still do that, but the servers they built were pretty tacky, Bright yellow with a goofy Google logo on it, clashed with every other rack-mount server case on the market.
