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Back then google loaded in a few seconds whilst the competition could take over a minute for the 99% of users who were on a 28.8k dial-up. It's almost as if th
by radicalbyte 7y ago
Back then google loaded in a few seconds whilst the competition could take over a minute for the 99% of users who were on a 28.8k dial-up.
It's almost as if the people behind Lycos/Excite/Altavista were all using the internet via a T1 connection from their unis..
- acct1771 7y agoAnd Google had connections to which large organizations from their start that gave them competitive advantage in multiple areas?
- spiderfarmer 7y agoI think a big factor is that Google didn’t have to make any money and could keep their homepage as simple as possible.
- NicoJuicy 7y agoAltavista was actually just a tech demo of their servers :)