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The web is working for American
businesses. We're helping.

In 2012, Google's search and advertising tools helped provide $94 billion of economic activity for 1.9 million businesses, website publishers and non-profits across the U.S.

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Google helped provide of economic activity for businesses, web publishers and non-profits in 2012.

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The web is working for
businesses. We're helping.

Google helped provide

of economic activity for businesses, website publishers and non-profits in 2012.

businesses and non-profits benefited from using Google's advertising tools, AdWords and AdSense, in 2012.

of free advertising was provided to
non-profits through the Google Grants program.

1st state

to move all state employees onto Google Apps, leading the way for many state & local governments who have followed their lead.





The Internet is where business is done and jobs are created.

97%

of Internet users look online for local products and services (1)

96%

of smartphone users have researched a product or service on their device (2)

2 times

as much revenue through exports and twice as many jobs were created by web-savvy SMBs (3)

75%

of the economic value created by the Internet is captured by companies in traditional industries (3)

$94 billion

of economic activity was generated by Google's search and advertising tools for
1.9 million businesses, website publishers and non-profits across the U.S. in 2012
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