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Originally Posted by mynameisjim
You could say the same thing about so many Google properties as well. Remember when Google was going to take over print and radio advertising? How about Google Wave, Google Buzz, various shopping pages, Google video, the Google phone, etc.
Google just gets a free pass because of Adwords. But 99% of what they launch fails.
Most internet companies are one hit wonders.
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You have a point, Jim. Yahoo is just more public about their expansions. Unlike Buzz, many of their failed expansions involved buying a small upcoming company. I wonder how the accounting for these stack up to Google's inhouse ventures and whether the
skyrocketing costs of Google's per employee costs will figure in their future development plans.