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Fender
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by Fender Wed May 30, 2007 12:42 am
So I've always wondered how they were going to make money. I guess this the first mainstream step, besides selling their search engine. It looks like they are going to use it as a cross site shopping cart and order history. I got $10 off my buy.com order for using it. $70 for a wireless 360 controller and 13 (12+1) month Live subscription. :icon14:
http://checkout.google.com
Has anyone else used this? I don't know if I would have bothered, except for the $10 off.
Dark Metal
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by Dark Metal Wed May 30, 2007 1:18 am
Uh.. Adwords is a pretty signifigant revenue stream...
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+JuggerNaut+
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by +JuggerNaut+ Wed May 30, 2007 1:46 am
not used it, but kinda old (about 11 months). and yes, adsense brings a ton of money to google.
dzjepp
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by dzjepp Wed May 30, 2007 2:24 am
Also considering they just bought doubleclick they are going to own the entire ad space on teh internets
PhoeniX
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by PhoeniX Wed May 30, 2007 2:30 am
We get £10 off ($20) which is pretty good. I ended up ordering a new mouse
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bitWISE
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by bitWISE Wed May 30, 2007 2:58 am
I've purchased things with it at a couple sites. Good alternative to paypal.
Drön
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by Drön Wed May 30, 2007 3:06 am
dzjepp wrote: ...they are going to own the entire internets
edited for truth.
dmmh
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by dmmh Wed May 30, 2007 4:06 am
Fender wrote: So I've always wondered how they were going to make money.
see below...adsense is their main money cow, has been for years
R00k
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by R00k Wed May 30, 2007 5:14 am
I dunno. Google has made me nervous recently. I'm not sure I'd want to use them for credit card transactions.
Grudge
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by Grudge Wed May 30, 2007 7:09 am
No doubt they save your purchase history indefinitely, just like their search requests.
Fender
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by Fender Wed May 30, 2007 11:22 am
dmmh wrote: Fender wrote: So I've always wondered how they were going to make money.
see below...adsense is their main money cow, has been for years
no idea what adsense is...
Grudge
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by Grudge Wed May 30, 2007 12:12 pm
google it
Fender
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by Fender Wed May 30, 2007 12:30 pm
I did, after I posted.
MKJ
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by MKJ Wed May 30, 2007 12:32 pm
wonder what ads he gives you when you google for itself
omg paradox
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