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[Iulioh]

Exactly how does Google makes money through search if not...advertising?

[Jensson → Iulioh]

Dartos said they were bigger without search:

> Their search could die and they’d still be the biggest advertising player

[dartos → Jensson]

I said they’d still be the biggest player in the advertising space.

Nothing about their worth or whatever.

Google ad manager is the cornerstone of pretty much all internet advertising.

Even if you don’t buy ads from Google directly, somewhere in your ad pipeline is google ad manager.

[Jensson → dartos]

> Google ad manager is the cornerstone of pretty much all internet advertising.

That money is a part of Googles revenue, so there isn't as much there as you might think. Maybe you mean there is quantity there but advertisers doesn't pay as much for it as they would for Facebook or Google search ads, then yeah that is possible, but normally in a market segment you count big players by revenue and not numbers sold.

[dartos → Jensson]

You’re just not really understanding what I’m saying.