Could Google Spin Off YouTube and Others?

When I look at a list like this, I sometimes wonder when Google will begin spinning off it’s parts into separate publicly traded companies. Although it’s advertising is still the #1 money maker for the company, it could get a lot of interest in it’s other parts. Such as making it’s search team a spin off, or maybe even Blogger or YouTube. Monopoly is another factor, as was the case when Ma Bell had to break into a bunch of baby bells due to it’s telco monopoly.

Microsoft and Yahoo are already complaining that Google is monopolizing the advertising space online, and they would like nothing better than to see Google broken apart.

Either way I have a feeling that Google will spin off it’s divisions in a few year. That is if it can keep up the pace, dominating every internet company on the web.

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