4 ms·> probably the prime reason, is that they got in very early What? Altavista, Lycos, Yahoo, ...by euyyn 9y ago> probably the prime reason, is that they got in very early What? Altavista, Lycos, Yahoo, ...amelius 9y agoThe reason is that they were just a little bit better than those three competitors. And the market was still small, and thus the market could still converge on another contender. So time played a role.elorant 9y agoNone of them is/was as good as Google in localized results.