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altavista.digital.com was a reflexive habit two years before Google was. Now, there are kids who have never heard of it. There's no doubt in my mind that if G
by dreish 19y ago
altavista.digital.com was a reflexive habit two years before Google was. Now, there are kids who have never heard of it.
There's no doubt in my mind that if Google had failed to keep up with SEO spammers, someone else would have replaced them just like they replaced AltaVista. The value proposition would be simple: No more poring over search results to find the one non-spam page you were actually looking for buried on the fourth page.
- cstejerean 19y agosure. If google didn't manage to keep their results relevant then a competitor could provide a significant improvement and a good reason for folks to switch. Google however doesn't need to have the best product however, they just need to keep the gap between them and their competitors and their momentum will keep them ahead.