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probably. the world only needed to decide on one search engine. it happened to be google. after the world set (for google, thanks more for universities putting
by profeta 11y ago
probably. the world only needed to decide on one search engine. it happened to be google.
after the world set (for google, thanks more for universities putting search boxes on their sites, more than algorithms) they could do absolutely anything. launch free email with 1gb? disregard ads and only allow text ads?
they did everything wrong by the book and are still huge. So i doubt excite could have screwed it up. well, they could have screwed the university fan-base... but that is about it.
- dredmorbius 11y agoIs Search _really_ so positive-returns-to-scale that only a single player can exist? I mean, yes, Google's percentage of total Web search is embarassingly huge (north of 80%, or is it 85%, last I checked). But the user lock-in is slight. Advertiser lock-in is where I strongly suspect the action is, where Google offers both networks and tools which appeal to online ad buyers in a fashion that's difficult or impossible to match.