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Google Toolbar

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5 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 30, 2025 by David Rosenthal · said 24 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Everything said about Google Toolbar, oldest first

Jun 30, 2025 positive
Opinion
Rosenthal: Google Toolbar was a secretive strategic linchpin for Google
“How important Google toolbar was and how secretive the company was about this really being like the strategic linchpin of what they were doing. ... Or a strategic linchpin.”
David Rosenthal Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 2:48:36 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 30, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Gilbert: Google Monetized Google Earth Through Toolbar Bundling, Not Ads
“They just bundled Google Toolbar with the installs of Google Earth, and then it more than paid for itself. We don't need to do ads.”
Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 2:46:14 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 30, 2025 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Google Toolbar users averaged seven times more searches
“Once Google toolbar was installed, a user averaged seven times the number of searches. Which makes them seven times more valuable. Which means you could pay a lot of money to get someone to install it.”
Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 2:42:27 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 30, 2025 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Google Toolbar lifted user ARPU from $2 to over $10
“The average annual revenue generated by a Google user was two dollars. But with Toolbar, it was 10 plus dollars. Even if you're being conservative. So that difference that somewhere of, you know, eight bucks a user call it, is your budget to play with.”
Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 2:42:50 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 30, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Gilbert: Sundar Pichai joined Google in 2004 to lead Toolbar team
“In 2004, a new PM is hired by Google. They come in and they take over this application's client team that includes Google toolbar. That PM is Sundar Pichai.”
Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 2:48:09 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
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