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In the 40's? By the time they would have had an opportunity to apply this to making a search engine, its unlikely that they would be in a position to drop every
by wanderr 17y ago
In the 40's? By the time they would have had an opportunity to apply this to making a search engine, its unlikely that they would be in a position to drop everything they were doing and create a startup, assuming they would even remember the research they did so long ago and realize the insane value of making a search engine like that.
- chancho 17y agoI think ruang was referring to Kleinberger, who applied the idea directly to web pages, as opposed to scientific journals or economies. He did it only short while before Page and Brin, and they even cited him. As to why he didn't make a search engine, I'm guessing it's because CMU is in Pittsburgh.
- neilc 17y agoKleinberg, not Kleinberger, and he's a prof at Cornell, not CMU. I'd guess it has less to with geography, and more to do with the fact that Kleinberg is a (brilliant, celebrated) academic who probably wasn't very interested in doing a startup.
- elblanco 17y agoAgreed, basic research is worlds different than business.
- joshu 17y agoWhat does Pittsburgh have to do with search engines?