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In a recent interview, Google CEO Eric Schmidt was asked a series of questions, some of which were a little bizarre, including “What is Google?”
To most people, this would seem like a strange question with a fairly simple answer, but I think the interviewer Michael Arrington wanted to delve deeper and this is exactly the type of answer that Schmidt gave him.
Schmidt describes Google as:
A set…

Google have something to smile about in China despite being banned recently by the Chinese Government.
It has been reported that Google China is poised to announce a revenue increase of 25% for the 2nd quarter of 2009.
Brand Republic also reported that Google China’s operating revenue increased by around 50% over the previous year.
This is great news for Google especially in such an unstable economy and with strong…

There has been a fair amount of hype surrounding Microsoft’s new search engine Bing, but Google’s not scared!
For those not sure what Bing is, it’s Microsoft’s new decision engine which proclaims to be more advanced than your regular run-of-the-mill search engine.
But Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt hasn’t bought into all the hype. In a recent interview with the Fox Business Network, Schmidt expressed his thoughts on Bing:
It’s…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said recently that Silicon Valley will survive this economic meltdown. “This is the sixth or seventh cycle I’ve seen in Silicon Valley. I think we’re better positioned than ever.”
Regarding Google specifically, Schmidt said the company is in a good position to weather the economic storm. “The company has…

When you’re the world’s biggest search engine (not to mention one of the world’s biggest companies) and you have the deal of a lifetime in your hands, then something as small a U.S. Justice Department review isn’t going to stop you from pushing on.
That’s exactly what Google believes with their search advertising deal. Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the Seattle Times recently that they still plan to…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has told us that YouTube is still not making them any money.
In an interview with The New Yorker, Schmidt said that it “seemed obvious” that they should be able to generate “significant amounts of money” from YouTube. But they’ve still not yet accomplished this. However, he remains optimistic saying that the site could lead to “the creation of a whole new industry,”…

So what’s the opinion of the worlds biggest search engine on the teaming up of the second and third biggest search engines? We are worried, but not just for ourselves!
In a recent interview with CNBC, Google CEO Eric Schmidt admitted that they are concerned at the proposed takeover of Yahoo! by Microsoft primarily because there is the potential for Microsoft to use the merger for evil rather…
Google’s much awaited 2007 fourth quarter financial results have been released and according to Google CEO Eric Schmidt:
“We are pleased with our performance this quarter, it reflects strong momentum in our core business, growing receptivity to our new business initiatives, and improved discipline in managing our operating expenses.”
However, Google shareholders didn’t have the same point of view, Google shares fell 6.7 percent at the open of…