Coincidences that made Google successful

[Lazybones]

http://shuzak.com/Personal/Article.php?Article-Title=Coincidences-that-made-Google-successful

Like so many stories, it is luck that seems to make things fit together.

[Mags]

I think the thing that made Google successful period, is that the other search engines had become cluddered with junk. Google came along and with a new approach clear through the mess. Now Google has become a huge collection just as Yahoo, Excite, Altavista, etc were then. Want to make a ton of money, invest in a new search engine that comes along that does to Google, what Google did to the others before it because it's ripe to be taken down.

[Darren Dirt]

I don't believe that the cluttered sites of the hellish "portal" era were using the quick-loading, easy-to-ignore "tabs" interface that Google uses. IMHO Google ain't nearly as bad (and never will be) as the other guys were back then.

[Shayne]

True, but I find myself using other search engines a lot more these days.  As other search engines enhance and optimize it would seem that Google has stayed pretty stationary.

[Darren Dirt]

Perhaps cuz Google is all about empowering folks to access the world's data? And not just letting them find it through a keyword search?



Fascinating article, just finished reading it. Made me think of something folks like Brian Tracy and Jim Rohn often say...

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Now I gotta read the article's "cousin" -- "Google is an exciting company...maybe too exciting for its own good. In fact, the problem with Google is that it has too many Purple Cows...



PS: If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. - that was an awesome Futurama episode.

[Shayne]

Perhaps cuz Google is all about empowering folks to access the world's data? And not just letting them find it through a keyword search?

So Google wants to allow access to all the data, but not find any of it?  Interesting.

[Thorin]

I find myself using other search engines a lot more these days.

What other search engines do you use/recommend?  And how do you optimize your searches for them?

[Shayne]

I just use the same keywords as i do in Google and cross reference.  Nothing all that serious.

Ive been using ask.com a lot but I use alltheweb.com and Live.com as well.

[Darren Dirt]

related to the whole topic of Google world domination ( )

Google documentary/exposee: "Behind the Screen" (5 parts)

^ compare that to this...
Google's Master Plan: free access to all info? or *controlled* access to it?