7 Important Achievement of Google’s in Eric Schmidt Era

Google CEO position officially moved from Eric Schmidt to Larry Page, Google co-founders. For about 10 years of his tenure, Schmidt carved many sweet stories. Here are some products that drove Google’s success in the era of Schmidt:

1. Google AdSense

AdSense in attendance since 2003, makes it easy for websites owner to gain revenue. And on the other hand, this service also be a money machine for Google. As many as 30% of Google’s total revenue in the quarter 4 2010 comes from AdSense.

2. YouTube

Google decided to buy YouTube in 2006 with a huge amount, USD 1.65 billion. For several years, it was rumored this site does not generate profit. But now no longer seem so, YouTube was reported to be a big source of revenue to 3 billion ad views per week.

3. Google Maps

Google Maps is not a big revenue producer, but are the backbone for other Google services such as Latitude, Places and Maps Navigation. Service mapping is crucial for Google to deal with competition.

4. Gmail

Gmail email service is quite popular, though perhaps not as famous as Yahoo. Gmail also become a base for other Google services such as Gchat, voice calls and contacts. When you sign into Gmail, users can access almost all Google services.

5. Android

Google bought Android Inc. in 2005. Having developed some time, this time operating system bearing the green robot is big success, preferred by consumers and other mobile OS to get rid of it first existed.

6. iPhone Search

By partnering with Apple to provide the default search engine on the iPhone, Google is now gripping the dominant mobile search market segment. Because besides the iPhone, Google’s search engine is also mounted on the Android.

7. Chrome

Google Chrome browser, launched in 2008 is still lagging when compared to Internet Explorer or Firefox. But Chrome is stable continues to increase its market share. This browser is also a base operating system OS that Chrome would soon be released on a netbook.