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This reminds me of the argument some (now dead) portal page/search engine company made to Larry Page when Larry and Sergey showed off their page rank algorithm.
by fossuser 9y ago
This reminds me of the argument some (now dead) portal page/search engine company made to Larry Page when Larry and Sergey showed off their page rank algorithm.
It was basically something like the following:
"This is no good - if the search results are too good then people won't stay on our page long enough to see the ads"
This is basically what triggered them to start their own company instead of licensing the tech (I'm remembering most of this from In The Plex which I read a while back).
Basically it's stupid not to make the core thing better - especially in the case where Walmart's real competition is Amazon.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoMarket pressures always lead to quality decay over time. Even with Google - it started with lightweight, quality, bullshit-free search. Look at it now.
- unabridged 9y agoEspecially Google Maps, I'm waiting for a competitor to blow it out of the water. Satellite images are relatively cheap, you could have a map that shows a daily updated image of every street, and show timelapses. But their streetview would be very tough to displace.
- raisedbyninjas 9y agoTheir mobile maps are bloated and their web maps have been better, but I'm not sure how Google or anybody else can get cheap daily streetview imagery. I've been waiting for somebody to partner with the postal service and slap cameras on every truck.
- hk__2 9y agoI think parent was refering to satellite imagery; not street view.