Historically, Google has looked at absolutely everything it does besides search as a loss leader.

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The excellant Google Guide (not affiliated with Google) has pulled together everything you need to know (in exhaustive detail) about using search queries effectively, whether you are a novice or advanced user.

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Google, for example, has a history of everything we search for.

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Then there's the Federal Trade Commission, which has broad oversight over everything from price fixing at the gas pump to whether Google is a monopoly.

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On its mobile iOS operating system, Apple has created a "closed garden" environment in which everything from apps to accessories has to be approved by Apple, as opposed to Google's more wide-open Android system.

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Google has also overhauled the photo experience and added Photo Sphere -- a 360-degree panoramic shooting mode that captures everything around you.

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