Information about Segments and Geographic Areas (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Schedule of segment information by segment

Information about segments during the periods presented were as follows (in millions):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2018			2019
Revenues:
Google	$	110,547		$	136,362		$	160,743
Other Bets	477			595			659
Hedging gains (losses)	(169		)	(138		)	455
Total revenues	$	110,855		$	136,819		$	161,857



	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2018			2019
Operating income (loss):
Google	$	32,456		$	36,655		$	41,673
Other Bets	(2,734		)	(3,358		)	(4,824		)
Reconciling items⁽¹⁾	(3,544		)	(5,773		)	(2,618		)
Total income from operations	$	26,178		$	27,524		$	34,231

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Reconciling items are generally comprised of corporate administrative costs, hedging gains (losses) and other miscellaneous items that are not allocated to individual segments. Reconciling items include the European Commission fines for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019, and a charge from a legal settlement for the year ended December 31, 2019. Performance fees previously included in reconciling items were reclassified for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018 from general and administrative expenses to other income (expense), net to conform with current period presentation. For further information on the reclassification, see Note 1.



	Year Ended December 31,
	2017		2018			2019
Capital expenditures:
Google	$	12,619	$	25,460		$	25,251
Other Bets	493		181			281
Reconciling items⁽²⁾	72		(502		)	(1,984		)
Total capital expenditures as presented on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	$	13,184	$	25,139		$	23,548


⁽²⁾	Reconciling items are related to timing differences of payments as segment capital expenditures are on accrual basis while total capital expenditures shown on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow are on cash basis and other miscellaneous differences.

Stock-based compensation (SBC) and depreciation, amortization, and impairment are included in segment operating income (loss) as shown below (in millions):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2017		2018		2019
Stock-based compensation:
Google	$	7,168	$	8,755	$	10,185
Other Bets	363		489		474
Reconciling items⁽³⁾	148		109		135
Total stock-based compensation⁽⁴⁾	$	7,679	$	9,353	$	10,794

Depreciation, amortization, and impairment:
Google	$	6,608	$	8,708	$	11,158
Other Bets	307		327		566
Reconciling items⁽³⁾	0		0		57
Total depreciation, amortization, and impairment	$	6,915	$	9,035	$	11,781


⁽³⁾	Reconciling items relate to corporate administrative and other costs that are not allocated to individual segments.

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For purposes of segment reporting, SBC represents awards that we expect to settle in Alphabet stock.

Schedule of long-lived assets by geographic area

The following table presents our long-lived assets by geographic area (in millions):



	As of December 31, 2018		As of December 31, 2019
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	74,882	$	94,907
International	22,234		28,424
Total long-lived assets	$	97,116	$	123,331