Whether or not they change CEOs, they need a new business model. They have needed this for decades now, and it shows.
Their entire existence relies on GoogleAds. That's it. Nothing else comes even remotely close to GoogleAds revenue to their bottom line. This is why they can be so cavalier discontinuing products, as they don't make money so get cut without a second thought.
Search has been so co-opted by this model and dependency on revenue that they are literally killing the one product that makes them money.
My take from the outside at least is that GoogleAds revenue is no longer carrying the business (maybe less business, maybe the company grew too fast, maybe market pressure), and now they are forced to make some tough decisions.
Although I'd love his paycheck, I am glad I am not Google's CEO. That is a really awful position to be in, IMHO.
Their entire existence relies on GoogleAds. That's it. Nothing else comes even remotely close to GoogleAds revenue to their bottom line. This is why they can be so cavalier discontinuing products, as they don't make money so get cut without a second thought.
Search has been so co-opted by this model and dependency on revenue that they are literally killing the one product that makes them money.
My take from the outside at least is that GoogleAds revenue is no longer carrying the business (maybe less business, maybe the company grew too fast, maybe market pressure), and now they are forced to make some tough decisions.
Although I'd love his paycheck, I am glad I am not Google's CEO. That is a really awful position to be in, IMHO.