The Google army continued to mushroom in 2007 – with headcount growing from 10,674 to 16,805 over the course of the year, according to SEC filings summarized by PaidContent. Of those employees – a whopping 5,788 are considered R&D jobs. Google snapped up 19 companies, saw traffic go up 43% – and got 99% of its revenue from advertising.
Geesh.
