[tim333]

I guess maybe the restructuring from Google to Alphabet worked. The idea was based on Berkshire Hathaway, another company with unusual growth. (http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2017ltr.pdf)

[notatoad]

that seems like a strange conclusion, since a huge majority of the revenue and growth is still coming from Google.

[tim333]

I think one of the advantages of that structure is the head of Google now just focuses on Google instead of trying to think about a dozen other businesses as well.

[Cthulhu_]

Indeed, focus is a great thing. Although weirdly enough, Android is still part of Google as well; you'd think that'd be a prime candidate to move alongside Google as its own venture.

[RugnirViking]

The idea may be that android benefits a lot more from integration with other google products. Although I'm not sure on how inter-alphabet cooperation is going.

[agumonkey]

I wonder what's the idea behind google growth ... maybe android apps improvements got them more visits/ads