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Old 03-18-2009, 06:14 PM  
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Originally Posted by mynameisjim View Post
Well, Google can afford to lose money on it, but for how long.

Don't forget, they only have one profitable product and everything else pretty much loses money. You can't ride that forever. I'm not saying they are in any immediate danger, but at some point they need these things to become profitable, not just dominant.
Good point. It's an open question when the advertising downturn will hit Google. It hit Yahoo pretty bad during the last bust of 2001 to 2003
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