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While I agree this example is pretty ridiculous, Google is spending a lot more time innovating in web performance than most
by philfreo 16y ago
While I agree this example is pretty ridiculous, Google is spending a lot more time innovating in web performance than most
- gruseom 16y agoYes. Moreover, web performance was one of Google's differentiating features right from the beginning. Arguably the most important, in fact.
- arethuza 16y agoI would have said that their key differentiating feature was that they were much better at actually finding relevant stuff than the competitors. I don't think many people stopped using AltaVista because it was too slow.
- romland 16y agoI don't think many people stopped using AltaVista because it was too slow. Maybe. Personally I stopped using it when they started throwing pop-unders at me. Or maybe it was because it jumped on to the whole "portal" craze and other SE's that were cleaner felt quite refreshing.
- gruseom 16y agoI don't think many people stopped using AltaVista because it was too slow. That's exactly why I stopped using AltaVista. I never noticed Google's search results being more relevant. I distinctly remember this because I was aware of the hype around relevancy at the time and was trying to notice a difference. What was magnificently different, though, was Google's subsecond page load and search response times. One interesting thing about marketing is that the reason one gives for using a product is often rather disconnected from its real utility. (The book Positioning is about this.)