How Does Google Make Money?
Google (now Alphabet) primarily makes money through advertising. The Google search engine, while free, is monetized with paid advertising. Alphabet generated over $282B from Google search and others, $32.78 billion from the Network members (Adsense and AdMob), $29.2 billion from YouTube Ads, $26.28B from the Cloud, and $29 billion from other sources (Google Play, Hardware …