Google to go bust?

[Webzcas]

No doubt every SEO in the world that has been penalised by Google's algorithm will be hoping this is the case. Apparently Russia has fined them more than all the money in the entire world.

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A cool eye watering $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

 

[The Dude]

I thought is was a fake article, but I guess it's real. LOL

 

[Webzcas]

20 decillion dollars real

 

[Webzcas]

Meanwhile the World Bank estimates the size of the global economy to be around 100 trillion dollars, or 100 followed by 12 zeros.

That figure is at least 20 zeros too little to reach the astronomical Russian fine.

Oh this has made my day. What a basket case country Russia is

 

[jasonuk]

Well it's the Daily Mail... so assume it's fake until verified elsewhere. (although yes there's plenty of coverage for the story)

The classic "double the fine until they pay up" strategy... give it a few more years and then we'll be talking real numbers.

 

[Webzcas]

@maxd can Russia file a PAB if Google don't pay up?

 

[maxd]

Ah, but you see Russia’s claim would be considered “frivolous and vexacious” and thus something we wouldn’t touch with a barge pole, per the PAB Rules, of course.

- Max

 

[dunover]

No doubt every SEO in the world that has been penalised by Google's algorithm will be hoping this is the case. Apparently Russia has fined them more than all the money in the entire world.

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A cool eye watering $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

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Piece of piss, a streamer can win that on Pragmatic Play games in 30 minutes and settle the debt for them.

 

[mulven]

Piece of piss, a streamer can win that on Pragmatic Play games in 30 minutes and settle the debt for them.

Roshtein has probably won 20 decillion dollaridoos in monopoly money by now, come to think of it.

 

[geordiecolin]

Google was set up by the CIA and continues to be. So are many other websites that influence people.
If they did not then they would be very neglectful

 

[goatwack]

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but what few people realize is that the CIA was actually set up by Google, way before even Pong was a thing and pre-computers were made of wood.

This of course all at the behest of the Russians, under order of General Zod in his pre-Archon days.

You have been warned.....

 

[dealer wins]

No doubt every SEO in the world that has been penalised by Google's algorithm will be hoping this is the case. Apparently Russia has fined them more than all the money in the entire world.

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A cool eye watering $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

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Try using Yandex search and browser.

The reality of Googles censorship is staggering.

 

[Webzcas]

Now on Sky News

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Google has reportedly racked up a fine of more than two undecillion rubles - two followed by 36 zeros - after it removed state-run and pro-government accounts from YouTube.

Put another way, an undecillion is a trillion times a trillion times a trillion.


The fine is far greater than the world's total GDP, estimated at $110 trillion by the International Monetary Fund.

Google - which owns YouTube - has a current stock market value of $2.16 trillion, so probably won't be stumping up the cash any time soon.

Oh dear it looks like Google won't be able to pay

 

[Guntis]

I think Google is something that Russia doesn't really need, except for Android, as many people are using phones powered by this system there. Otherwise, Yandex has everything they need, literally.

Imagine if there was no Google in the UK, but instead, a dedicated search engine with all the essential services, even robots delivering food, all fully localized - plus an in-browser AI assistant with a voice like Annie Warburton's that speaks, jokes, tells stories, makes recommendations, and helps you find things on the internet - and understands regional dialects. That's how Yandex Alice works.

Essentially, you could ask for things like 'Who sells the best mash and bangers with army and navy around here?' ...lol, and it would know that you mean mashed potatoes, sausages, and gravy in your nearby stores like Tesco or Sainsbury's.

Locals here would simply never need Google, unless some needed to search for something very specific in other countries like France, Italy, Germany, Spain, etc., as Google could have more info about that.

Check this vid out - Russia has over 16,000 sanctions. Most countries with this amount would stop existing, but they thrive. So i think, if G pulls out of the country, that won't matter much to Russia, even improve local services.

 

[Webzcas]

Oh yes Russia is doing so well, that is why they are unable to maintain their basic infrastructure. Last winter was terrible if you lived outside St Petersburg or Moscow. With pipes freezing over, electricity outages and people literally freezing to death.

Now in Moscow we have a *&*^ fountain!

 

[johnnymcc1966]

Well it's the Daily Mail... so assume it's fake until verified elsewhere. (although yes there's plenty of coverage for the story)

The classic "double the fine until they pay up" strategy... give it a few more years and then we'll be talking real numbers.

The Martingale fine.

 

[jasonuk]

34 zeros... so another 66 to go... if it doubles every week, that means we're just over 4 years away from the infamous headline "Google owes a googol".

 

[TheAddict]

Nothing a bit of potential can't fix. I'm sure Mr Pichai knows which game he needs to play.