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You're kidding yourself if you think Google is "just a well known consumer brand"...
by greenrice 13y ago
You're kidding yourself if you think Google is "just a well known consumer brand"...
- mitochondrion 13y agoHow is Google anything more than a well-known consumer brand?
- bane 13y agoBecause Google is probably the most well-known advertising agency on the planet? They're not much of a consumer brand tbh, but they pull in tens of billions a year creating virtual properties to sell advertising space on.
- d4mi3n 13y agoOne could make a similar argument for just about any large financial, real-estate, or holdings company. Bank of America, General Mills, and General Electric to name a few.
- w1ntermute 13y agoBy that logic, you could also say that McDonald's isn't a restaurant chain, but a real estate company: http://seekingalpha.com/article/73533-mcdonalds-is-a-real-estate-company http://seekingalpha.com/article/73533-mcdonalds-is-a-real-es...
- bane 13y agoWell, who's Google's customers? People who buy ads, or free search users? (an aside) One of the startups I worked for years ago, rented a huge office near San Jose, but decided to change directions and hire out of cheaper locales for a while. So we sublet the space out. For a good 2 years this space generated more revenue than the rest of the company and we joked that perhaps we should get into the real estate business. We even had two employees with real estate licenses in 3 states.
- yukichan 13y agoI wonder if that's how 42floors got their idea.
- 001sky 13y ago"They're not much of a consumer brand tbh" People google stuff on bing, tho. So, if you're brand is a verb, in widespread common usage, I'd say it's doing ok. Kinda like Kleenex.
- eadlam 13y agoWell, for one they just acquired eight of the worlds best robotics/AI teams. You don't see Kraft trying to bring the singularity nearer.
- yukichan 13y agoI use several Google products, daily. I also eat food Kraft's foods daily. I also use Comcast every hour of every day of the week. I'm not pining over a job at any of these companies.