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Why was this downvoted to zero? Asking to improve in the future. My point was that line extension has been shown time and time again to be toxic for businesses
by aresant 16y ago
Why was this downvoted to zero? Asking to improve in the future.
My point was that line extension has been shown time and time again to be toxic for businesses and Google's bevy of marginal non-search projects seem only to reinforce that this is accurate.
Al Ries has dedicated an influential book to the subject called "Focus" and I've seen the damage line-extension can cause first hand in businesses I've worked in and invested in.
Considering the variety of points of view this comment spurred, I was suprised to see it = 0 which tells me that HN doesn't want this type of comment in the future?
- robryan 16y agoThere will be a point in time where they either don't have the same dominance in search or that it will become increasingly irrelevant. Given the money that they are making they can afford to stick an arm into everything just to see if there is a big business there, all the while helping the core business with more data. Much better strategy I thing rather than the exploiting cash cows until they dry up, which a lot of business does.