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verdverm on June 1, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Is Not God of the Web

How did they come to have that market dominance?

I don't recall them advertising until recently

reaperducer on June 1, 2020 | [–]

How did they come to have that market dominance?

By purchasing potential competitors before they got big.

asjw on June 1, 2020 | [–]

Ehmmm....

Google launched AdWords in 2000

But I agree, not your fault for not looking.

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