On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:06:31 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Clearly it costs money to make (say) the Java runtime environment. But
>>> how does making you install the Google toolbar make money for anybody?
>>>
>>> Come to think of it, the Google toolbar cost money to make too...
>>
>> So the return on that must be higher than the costs involved.  Guess
>> what: you're the product being sold.
> 
> It's not news that Google sells people to advertisers. What I can't
> figure out is in what way the Google toolbar helps with that process.

To be honest, I don't know either - perhaps because it adds to the user's 
profile and makes search (and other things) more convenient, so it hopes 
to increase the user's usage of Google's services.

Jim

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