Google Tightening Its Belt?

Possibly rhetoric serving two purposes: an endorsement of smart fiscal management and management of Wall St. analyst expectations. Google’s VP of Sales, Tim Armstrong made a seemingly off-the-cuff remark about closely watching the economy while “making sure our expenses and revenue are very much aligned.”

You might think Google was pretty concerned about the state of things, overall and at home, that Google is pulling up the drawbridge and closing the castle for a while. Or it could’ve been typical corporate smoke, pandering to a group of advertisers dealing with their hunting areas being reduced to firing ranges.

Definitely that