Google makes huge amounts of money selling ads, many of which it shows to users of its search engines. It uses this money to dabble in all manner of other projects, in a rather dilettantish way, often abandoning projects before they are properly polished.
Google has dropped its directory.
There is talk of Google being sold. This would be a bad thing. Much of what we trust Google to do would be completely unacceptable in the hands of a less ethical company.
Google ConnectCommerce, a system for Google affiliates to place ads for your products for a fee, has been discontinued.
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