Can Google's search engine find profits? (1999)
"And they want to avoid competing with other search engines to be the browser of choice for existing portals. In fact, Page said Google doesn't have any real competitors at all, which may be why they don't intend to do much marketing."Interesting to think about in light of Peter Thiel's lecture for "how to start a startup" at Stanford. He is correct that the narrative has changed. Contrast the above quote with the one Thiel used in his lecture from Schmidt, which basically said "Google is not a search company, it's an ad company," or some variation thereof.