But apart from the most popular video hosting site, search engine, web browser, web email and maps, what has Google ever done for us?

In case anyone doesn't get the Monty Python reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso

He was talking about their uninventive business plan. Not their consumer products. They're plan is the same as all other tech companies just they did/do it better.