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22 Oct 2004 | Jon Gales said...
Wow. What are the odds? Wish I made that kind of revenue :P.
22 Oct 2004 | David Schontzler said...
Yes, there needs to be "David's income for Q3 was %805.9 million" to make an even - er odd - three!
22 Oct 2004 | David Schontzler said...
Or $805.9 million rather. Those pesky keyboards and their placing of keys next to each other.
22 Oct 2004 | Andy Baio said...
What a strange coincidence.
22 Oct 2004 | zod said...
Interesting to see that 302.9 million of Google's 805.9 million is "TAC - Traffic Acquisition Costs", i.e. money they paid out for AdSense. How is that revenue for Google exactly? Or maybe I'm missing something.
22 Oct 2004 | Chui said...
Not the way I read it. They were trying to account for the profit. They are making a 27% gross margin on AdSense. So if they sell $1b worth of Adsense, that translates into a gross profit of $300m. They'll need to grow that pie a fair bit more to justify their share price.
22 Oct 2004 | Chris from Scottsdale said...
I'll take the .9 part and they can round it down. For a quarter that's not too shabby.
22 Oct 2004 | Jon Gales said...
Zod: It works the other way around... TAC is an expense. Taken out of the revenue. AdSense is very profitable still.
22 Oct 2004 | Holy Cow said...
22 Oct 2004 | JF said...
Re: "snotty"
Well, we try to answer all support emails within minutes of receiving them and we try to keep our answers short and direct and honest (which means saying "no" or "I'm sorry but that's just the way it is" a lot of the times). Some may take that as snotty, but the vast majority appreciate quick focused honest answers that don't set false expectations.
22 Oct 2004 | boo boo said...
someone need a kleenex?
