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We Have Always Tried To Concentrate On The Long Term, And To Place Bets On Technology We Believe Will Have A Significant Impact Over Time. It's Hard To Imagine Now, But When We Started Google Most People Thought Search Was A Solved Problem And That There Was No Money To Be Made Apart From Some Banner Advertising. We Felt The Exact Opposite: That Search Quality Was Very Poor, And That Awesome User Experiences Would Clearly Make Money.
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We Have Always Tried To Concentrate On

Larry Page
We Have Always Tried To Concentrate On The Long Term, And To Place Bets On Technology We Believe Will Have A Significant Impact Over Time. It's Hard To Imagine Now, But When We Started Google Most People Thought Search Was A Solved Problem And That There Was No Money To Be Made Apart From Some Banner Advertising. We Felt The Exact Opposite: That Search Quality Was Very Poor, And That Awesome User Experiences Would Clearly Make Money.
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