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[layer8]

How would the search division make money? Serious question.

[perlgeek → layer8]

Search can still serve ads on their own pages (which Google calls "AdWords"), and (iirc) makes the most revenue for Google.

AdSense is serving ads on third-party websites, which is very different.

[don_esteban → layer8]

Does it need to? How large does it needs to be? Can it be treated as 'essential infrastructure'?