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I think search is broken. People receive millions of results without meaning while they only read through the first 10-15 titles. I believe there still is oppo
by roger_vg 11y ago
I think search is broken. People receive millions of results without meaning while they only read through the first 10-15 titles.
I believe there still is opportunity for new players. You don't need to deliver millions of results, just the 15 links that are really valuable and rich.
- shardinator 11y agoBut if the first 10-15 are valuable and rich and the rest don't slow you down or disadvantage you, isn't it the same thing.
- CaiGengYang 11y agoPrecisely ... does it matter whether you have millions of results as long as the first few results gives you the answers you want ?
- shardinator 11y agoYes I agree. The real question is, would removing the extra 10 million results give you a distinct advantage? I don't feel it would.
- CaiGengYang 11y agoGoogle does have one weakness though ... As Paul Graham mentioned , Gmail has grown painfully slow and inbox wasn't meant to be used as a messaging protocol ... Inbox was meant to be a to-do list, not a messaging protocol. Perhaps a new and more elegant email system would prove to be a very successful startup