Although I mentioned business strategy, by 'blown away' I mostly mean engineering enginuity.<p>But as far as business is concerned, they are still in a good spot, what with basically owning the internet, even though they haven't monetized it much.<p>It is fairly obvious that they care more about engineering solutions, with monetization as an afterthought. This means their solutions are extremely dominant in many fields (maps anyone?) - turning that into revenue at some point seems inevitable.