chiyo - 3:52 am on Jan 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

powerstar..

>>And how do Google make money from your regular listings?

By them being part of their major service, which brings people to google who may also click on the ads, spread the word of google, and many other things.

Google would have almost nil users if they didnt have that "free" index that made them famous. People dont go to google to read the ads. They go for the free index, and as a result sometimes click on the ads.

The key is getting their mix right without compromising the integrity of their main "free" index. This forum is awah with people who try to make their free listings higher in the main index, and Google's free index is indeed a key part of "how Google makes money"