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The definition of an Ecosystem according to wikipedia: Is a community of living organisms  interacting as a system. “As ecosystems are defined by the network of interactions among organisms, and between organisms and their environment”. When We talk about global tech firms like Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Apple – an Ecosystem is a conglomerate of different divisions, products and services.

Google is a “Search” firm and it does deliver a lot of search engines, but it also delivers computer programs and other services:

The search engines:

scholar.google.com – Search engine for scientific information
trends.google.com – A Search engine which shows the popularity of searches 
books.google.com – You can search the content of millions of books
books.google.com/ngrams/ –  See how much a given word is used in Google Books
video.google.com – Video Search
news.google.com – Search Engine for video
images.google.com – Search Engine for images
groups.google.com – Search Engine for the chat in discussion groups
blogsearch.google.com – Search Engine for the contents of blogs
code.google.com/p/codesearch/ – A Search Engine for code snippets

The Services:
mail.google.com – Email
calendar.google.com – Calendar
maps.google.com – Map service
translate.google.com – A Translator
plus.google.com – Social Network
code.google.com – About programming
keep.google.com – Stick-it pages
drive.google.com – Your Data in the Sky
blogger.google.com – Blog platform
bookmarks.google.com – All Your Bookmarks in the Sky
hangouts.google.com – A Skype wannabee with extra functionality
goo.gl – Link Shortener

The computer programs:
picasa.google.com – Photo management program
chrome.google.com – Browser
sketchup.google.com – 3D drawing
earth.google.com – Maps in 3D

And this list isnt even complete – I have only mentioned the products which might be relevant for the average user – There are a lot of services and programs for businesses and advertisers.

Google is in it for the Money! – The user pays Google for the “Free” services by doing “Digital labor”;  which is revealing a lot of personal data to Google, which they can sell to the advertisers in form of different products. – The business ecosystems might seem altrustic when they gives You their services for free but it couldnt bee further from the truth!