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“AdMob has helped Google make a killing in mobile ads” , David Lawlee, Google’s Head of Acquisitions Department, in Slate.com, 3-29-12

“Even while the DoJ is reviewing a major purchase, Google works with staff at the new firm to train them on the search company’s ways of doing business. “We do not slow down our integration efforts at all during that time,” says Marcella Butler, a senior director of corporate development who manages how new firms are integrated into Google.” per Slate, 3-29-12

“The company’s scale, he said, could be instrumental in changing how the world works and how technological innovation happens. “A new intelligent infrastructure will emerge, we would argue, powered by Android,” he said. “This is something Google is working on.”” Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, at Mobile World Congress, 2-28-12, per New York Times

‘The operating margin we realize on revenues generated from ads placed on our Google Network members’ websites through our AdSense program is significantly lower than the operating margin we realize from revenues generated from ads placed on our websites because most of the advertiser fees from ads served on Google Network members’ websites are shared with our Google Network members. For the past five years, growth in advertising revenues from our websites has generally exceeded that from our Google Network members’ websites. This trend has had a positive impact on our operating margins, and we expect that this will continue for the foreseeable future, although the relative rate of growth in revenues from our websites compared to the rate of growth in revenues from our Google Network members’ websites may vary over time.’ Google Form 10-K filing, 12/31/10

“Google+ is Google itself. We’re extending it across all that we do—search, ads, Chrome, Android, Maps, YouTube—so that each of those services contributes to our understanding of who you are.” Google VP of Product Bradley Horowitz, in Wired 9-27-11

“The company really ought to give a heads-up when a business is tagged ‘reportedly closed,’ ” because those words alone are often enough to put off customers, he said. “Google doesn’t understand how much fear and discomfort businesses have about this. One company gets to decide if you’re open or closed in the online world.” search consultant, blogger Mike Blumenthal, reported in the New York Times, 9-6-11

“At Google, we give the impression of not managing the company because we don’t really. It sort of has its own borg-like quality if you will. it sort of just moves forward.”

“For a startup like ours, getting hacked and then kicked off of Google can put you out of business,” said Charles Lee, founder and CEO of mberry

"We do display advertising on mobile, which is not an area that Google (or) anyone has dominated," he said. "It's too new to be dominated."

"Our model is just better." "Based on that, we should have 100% share"

"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place"

"We don't actually want you to be successful..."

"Ultimately our goal at Google is to have the strongest advertising network and all the world's information"

"This infrastructure means that Google can launch any new service at negligible cost or risk."

"We are, to be honest, quite secretive about what we do.”