bloodkilla87 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Like companies like ebay and google. Because i was reading the owners of those companies are some of the richest people in the world. But how do they make so much? It doesnt cost me anything to search on google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danabis Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Advertising. Also, I believe Google sells search software to companies. Dreaming of that face againIt's bright, and blue, and shimmeringGrinning wideAnd comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 ebay also taxes every transaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Ebay makes money on their sales, because they get money for each sale made. Look at all of the items on Ebay, and you'll see that even pennies per sale adds up to a lot of money. Google does a lot more than search engines. The advertising is where they make their money. For example, you go to a site and it has Google's Adwords. Ever wonder why those particular sites are advertised in the advertisement? It's because they are the companies that pay the most. Google pays a lot less than they are getting paid to put their ads on your site, so they make a lot of money. Next, when you search something, the first site that comes up isn't just a coincidence. That company paid a lot of money to Google to be first on the list when certain keywords are searched. It all adds up. The internet is a vast place, so the possibilites are almost endless as to how many advertisements they can do, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatsilverwyrm Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 That company paid a lot of money to Google to be first on the list when certain keywords are searched. Google's not that corrupt. I'm confident (naive?) that google's search results are based soley on their algorithms/statistics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 That company paid a lot of money to Google to be first on the list when certain keywords are searched. Google's not that corrupt. I'm confident (naive?) that google's search results are based soley on their algorithms/statistics yeah, they probably would have been sued a long time ago if it didnt work correctly. and thats also why google bombs work (example: miserable failure and weapons of mass destruction). those sites didnt pay to be first, a lot of people just used those keywords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 That company paid a lot of money to Google to be first on the list when certain keywords are searched. Google's not that corrupt. I'm confident (naive?) that google's search results are based soley on their algorithms/statistics You cannot pay google for search results no matter how much you try, If you could google wouldent be the #1 search engine today! You can however buy the ads on the results page. ~Dan64AuSince 27 Aug 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope14 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 I was watching 60 minutes once and they were talking to the owners of google, and they said that everytime that someone clicks on and advertisement on google, google gets 5 cents from the advertising company. That 5 cents each time would probably add up pretty fast with all the people that use google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezcake Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Ebay taxes on sales. Tax x 1,000,000 items for sale = a lot of money. ==================================Retired tip.it moderator.Teaching and inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Ebay taxes on sales. Tax x 1,000,000 items for sale = a lot of money. Which I recently found out to my horror, when my eBay fees were ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã231 :shock: This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 PayPal takes a 5% fee over the money you transact. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 PayPal takes a 5% fee over the money you transact. And since ebay owns paypal, ebay fees + paypal fees = big money. Google also provides http://www.google.com/services/, from which I've been told they make a lot of money. That page talks about adsense, but as you can see they have "google search for your business" which is probably a big moneymaker for them. Edit: Sorry, but this seems like the right thread. Someone please tell me that google now owns yahoo because yahoo is constantly stealing ideas. Their search engines provides results that look exactly the same and now they provide an ad solution which provides results that look exactly the same. It's ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
____ Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Edit: Sorry, but this seems like the right thread. Someone please tell me that google now owns yahoo because yahoo is constantly stealing ideas. Their search engines provides results that look exactly the same and now they provide an ad solution which provides results that look exactly the same. It's ridiculous. Yahoo used to have a google-powered results sometime. http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/ ... hp/3314171 Explains a bit from the last year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Edit: Sorry, but this seems like the right thread. Someone please tell me that google now owns yahoo because yahoo is constantly stealing ideas. Their search engines provides results that look exactly the same and now they provide an ad solution which provides results that look exactly the same. It's ridiculous. Yahoo used to have a google-powered results sometime. http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/ ... hp/3314171 Explains a bit from the last year or so. Thanks for the article :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Even though I seemed confident on my answer earlier, after some google browsing, how do they make money with free tools such as gmail, blogger, google earth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy5389 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Even though I seemed confident on my answer earlier, after some google browsing, how do they make money with free tools such as gmail, blogger, google earth? Well, I don't use any of those free tools, but I assume that whenever you use them, there is advertising space on the page that companies pay money for. Google just provides you with a good tool that you can use for free, and they get money from advertisers, who are provided with a ready audience for their product. Really, google is "selling" a company exposure to an audience that they attract with free services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostRanger Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Even though I seemed confident on my answer earlier, after some google browsing, how do they make money with free tools such as gmail, blogger, google earth? Well, I don't use any of those free tools, but I assume that whenever you use them, there is advertising space on the page that companies pay money for. Google just provides you with a good tool that you can use for free, and they get money from advertisers, who are provided with a ready audience for their product. Really, google is "selling" a company exposure to an audience that they attract with free services. Well I know that's true for Gmail because on of the advertising points for Gmail is that "it bases that ads shown in your inbox and messages based on the content of the messages you send and receive." Blogger however uses little to no ads from what I've seen, and I don't use Google Earth enough to know. (No Mac version yet so I can only use it at school... :( ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapical Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 If you get a email in gmail where you friend mentions he got a new palm you will get a text add for palm.com on the far top of your screen. I never even really notice it but its actually really handy, if your friend mentions some xbox gaem you never heard of chances are there will be a link in the add bar that will take you to a website with pics and a description about the game. You get info, companies sell more, and Google gets money. Its a win-win-win :D Ebay gets commision as stated before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I just cost me $2.50 to list something on ebay so thats were their money comes from. ~Dan64AuSince 27 Aug 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Google has some 200 million unique visitors daily, and tens of thousands of advertisers. Some very popular keywords might even cost $75 dollars per click (!) to the advertiser, such as 'asbestos lawyer', and so on. They have also said over 95% of their revenue comes from internet advertising, the rest comes from 'other sources'. So while it does not cost you, the client, anything to search, don't think it's all innocent and free. Google is a huge corporation. In fact, if I remember correctly it's market cap is higher than that of Ford Motor Company and Warner Bros combined together. So when you next time click a sponsored ad, remember you are paying google money (theoretically, but actually the money comes from the advertisers pocket) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapical Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Yea, Google gets 100billion $ in revenue a year. In compariosn the 60 year old computer giant HP earns less then 18% of that. Rumors have it that Google is amasing its resources and plans to make a move that threatens Microsoft's software dominance (a Google OS) :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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