Google recently announced they are offering an ad free search service to small businesses for as little as $100 a year. They are also rumored to be working on creating a mobile search offering to search for ringtones, cell phone games, and other high margin cell phone services:
With the new system, users would search for a piece of content — such as ringtones — and would get back a list of companies that provide it, with links letting them easily purchase the material. Eventually, Google would charge companies for high placement in the search results, much as it does with “sponsored links” on Web search, the people familiar with the company’s plans said. If this proves effective, why wouldn’t Google create search services for real estate and student loans? Off the start they likely wouldn’t be any dirtier than those markets already are.
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