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People were saying that about Yahoo, you can't make money without pop-ups, etc. before Google came along
by naz 16y ago
People were saying that about Yahoo, you can't make money without pop-ups, etc. before Google came along
- swombat 16y agoGoogle didn't win because of their lack of popups, they won because of their massively superior search engine and revolutionary advertising business model. What's your revolutionary improvement in the domain name registrar market?
- brown9-2 16y agoHe doesn't need to have a revolutionary improvement to make his point. The point is that reliance on "dark patterns" or thinking that they are a necessity is a sign of lack of innovation. You can't assume that no other solution exists just because you've failed to come up with one.
- stcredzero 16y agoI remember when I switched to Google. For me, the lack of popups was another big win.
- noarchy 16y agoA clutter-free interface for Google was a big win for me. Yahoo had become a bloated mess by that point.
- Goladus 16y agoIf Google had pop-ups I would never have used it, ever. I probably wouldn't even have used it if it had any image-based ads, the banners and such that yahoo was making a killing on. The primary reason I started using google was its speed, simplicity, and the fact that it put search results I wanted exactly where I expected them. It felt good to use Google. It did not feel good to use search sites where half my time using it was spent downloading image files for advertisements. What's your revolutionary improvement in the domain name registrar market? That's a good question and I suspect if someone can implement an answer they'll get very rich. A key factor would be marketing their trustworthiness. In a market where dark patterns are rampant, a reputation of being "the one company that doesn't suck ass" can be very valuable.