Obviously Google owns the nearly ubiquitous Adsense and Adwords advertising platforms, but has anyone noticed that the Nexus One seems to be appearing on every Adsense box on every site?
This article says that Google said this would be their strategy from the outset. http://androidandme.com/2010/01/news/googles-plan-to-market-the-nexus-one-adsense/
But, it seems like they're not even targeting specific words or sites, as I've seen the Nexus One on almost every page I've visited over the past few days that has an Adsense box.
I'd be curious to see, if they're actually paying themselves for record-keeping, what kind of Adsense budget this takes. I bet it's more than the GDP of some western nations.