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Man, Google’s poor search results sure do pay well /s. I wonder if Google will make any big acquisitions this year
Google is many things, but poor search results is not one of them. Still the best search engine around, being too good is the problem most people have
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>t it's basically impossible to escape the ads on it these days, so it's not surprising ublock origin seems to do fine. Unless you are suggesting that the ad-ladden SEO'd pages are their real product?
Also PiHole is a great tool. I suggest it it you Walt a very good ads shield :)
Simply blocking pagead2.google.com and googlesyndicate.com will remove 50%+ of website advertising. ReGex rules allow for ads.* (etc.), and these rules apply on your entire local network. For an added bonus, you can then use your local PiHole to resolve DNS queries remotely (e.g. from your phone) — just all around an incredible product!
/r/PiHole
Man, Google’s poor search results sure do pay well /s. I wonder if Google will make any big acquisitions this year
Not sure if sarcasm or not. These results demonstrate that the HN zeitgeist about the utility of Google is not related to its actual utility to the public at large.
But agreed.
A 20:1 stock split as well.
I wonder if there is a psychological effect that could push more stock growth?
To put Alphabets revenue this quarter ($75 billion) in perspective: Microsoft: $51.7 billion Apple: $123.9 billion.
Perhaps it might work better with a comparison to a person, like "Alphabet made so much revenue this quarter that, assuming they had no expenses, after a full year, Alphabet would have roughly as much money as Elon Musk." But maybe not, because now you've just moved the problem to understanding how rich Elon Musk is.
Summary: Full year 2021 revenue $257B, 41% year on year growth. Net income $76B, up from $40B yoy. Quarterly: Q4 of 2021 they made $75B revenue, most of it came from Google Search, $43B up from $31.9B in Q4 2020. Youtube $8.6B of ads, Google Network $9.3B from ads. Google cloud did $5B revenue for the quarter, up from $3.8B in Q4 2020. It lost $890m this quarter compared to $1.2B Q4 2020. "Other Services" did $8.1B r…
you're sure?
Google Cloud revenue is only up 30% YoY, which seems really low considering the marketing and the focus on it (and the growth of the competitors).
Google Cloud revenue is only up 30% YoY, which seems really low considering the marketing and the focus on it (and the growth of the competitors).
I don't know how many others think like I do, but I'd never use GCP. No one will ever convince me that it'll be around in 5 years. I just don't trust them to keep anything they made in the past decade or so going long term. Call me paranoid, call me whatever you want, but I just do not trust their ability to focus on anything anymore.
To put Alphabets revenue this quarter ($75 billion) in perspective: Microsoft: $51.7 billion Apple: $123.9 billion.
Perspective is weird with large amounts of money. I think human brains are just not good at big numbers. You need something to compare it to, and the big numbers of other companies still leave it completely abstract. Perhaps it might work better with a comparison to a person, like "Alphabet made so much revenue this quarter that, assuming they had no expenses, after a full year, Alphabet would have roughly as much mo…
Roughly 10c of revenue for every person on the planet every day.
Summary: Full year 2021 revenue $257B, 41% year on year growth. Net income $76B, up from $40B yoy. Quarterly: Q4 of 2021 they made $75B revenue, most of it came from Google Search, $43B up from $31.9B in Q4 2020. Youtube $8.6B of ads, Google Network $9.3B from ads. Google cloud did $5B revenue for the quarter, up from $3.8B in Q4 2020. It lost $890m this quarter compared to $1.2B Q4 2020. "Other Services" did $8.1B r…
>and "Other bets" did $181B you're sure?