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What does Google know about me?
By Side Hustle Rich  •  June 10, 2020
We’ve all heard this line before: If you’re not paying for a product or service, then you are the product being sold. It’s no secret that for platforms like Google, Facebook, Twitter etc, we are essentially the product (the audience product) being paddled to advertisers to sell advertising space. So, the more they know about us, the more they’ll know what we like, and what they can sell to us. And the more accurate they get at that, the more revenue they make. Simple, right? Ok, let’s dig into the weed a bit, and find out exactly what Google knows about me.

Google’s business

Google’s core business is advertising. They have several business units, not all revenue generating for now. But their cash cow has always been their advertising business. In Q1 of 2020, Alphabet (Google’s parent) reported US$41B in revenue, of which US$33B came from advertising....
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By Side Hustle Rich
I’m Richard, creator of SideHustleRich. I created this site to journal my experiments, experiences and thoughts on working up multiple streams of income, in an attempt to achieve financial independence. I’m a happily married man and a father to two young boys. I don’t believe in working until i’m 65, maybe enjoy 5 years of retirement before starting to ache all over from basically growing old and tired.
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