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AdSense, Search, and YouTube

pb7 7y ago
All of those have alternatives. Bing? DuckDuckGo? Qwant? Vimeo? DailyMotion? MetaCafe? Even Facebook Video. As for ads, there are so many I don’t even know what their relative ordering is.
- birdyrooster 7y ago
  You've made my point for me. Incredibly limited offerings for alternatives.
  - pb7 7y ago
    And this is Google’s fault, how? How many options do you need? There are more options for each than I have Internet providers but no one is talking anti-trust there.
    - Karunamon 7y ago
      Options existing doesn't make them viable. Excluding Google in favor of advertising on also-ran search engines like Bing or DDG loses you a huge amount of visibility, for example. Searching? Again, Google in clear first place, everyone else tied for last. Video? Nobody uses Vimeo, and their content rules are even more strict than YouTube's. A couple of those names I've never even heard of before.
      - pb7 7y ago
        You lose visibility? That sucks. Sounds like Google provides a lot of value with ads, doesn't it? And why does it matter what place Google is if you're searching on Bing? Do you use products only because they're popular? Bing will find all the same stuff, I promise. Give it a try. If Vimeo sucks and their rules are even more strict, why aren't you complaining about that too? If YouTube sucks and the competition is even worse, what exactly are you comparing it to? Why aren't you petitioning the competition to pick up the slack? The alternatives are just fine and plentiful, you just don't want to have a worse experience and yet you are quick to criticize the option that provides the best one. I don't get it.
        Karunamon 7y ago
        >Bing will find all the same stuff, I promise. I use Google search to this day, despite trying to avoid Google as much as possible, precisely because Bing/DDG doggone well does not find all the same stuff. >why aren't you complaining about that too I mean.. I just got done complaining about how trash most of the alternatives are, so I'm not sure what you're getting at here. This goes back to my original point. Just because these "other options" technically exist does not make them viable options for use.
  - paulddraper 7y ago
    What is incredibly limited about Bing, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Vimeo, DailyMotion, MetaCafe, and Facebook Video?

pb7 7y ago

All of those have alternatives. Bing? DuckDuckGo? Qwant? Vimeo? DailyMotion? MetaCafe? Even Facebook Video. As for ads, there are so many I don’t even know what their relative ordering is.

birdyrooster 7y ago
You've made my point for me. Incredibly limited offerings for alternatives.
- pb7 7y ago
  And this is Google’s fault, how? How many options do you need? There are more options for each than I have Internet providers but no one is talking anti-trust there.
  - Karunamon 7y ago
    Options existing doesn't make them viable. Excluding Google in favor of advertising on also-ran search engines like Bing or DDG loses you a huge amount of visibility, for example. Searching? Again, Google in clear first place, everyone else tied for last. Video? Nobody uses Vimeo, and their content rules are even more strict than YouTube's. A couple of those names I've never even heard of before.
    - pb7 7y ago
      You lose visibility? That sucks. Sounds like Google provides a lot of value with ads, doesn't it? And why does it matter what place Google is if you're searching on Bing? Do you use products only because they're popular? Bing will find all the same stuff, I promise. Give it a try. If Vimeo sucks and their rules are even more strict, why aren't you complaining about that too? If YouTube sucks and the competition is even worse, what exactly are you comparing it to? Why aren't you petitioning the competition to pick up the slack? The alternatives are just fine and plentiful, you just don't want to have a worse experience and yet you are quick to criticize the option that provides the best one. I don't get it.
      - Karunamon 7y ago
        >Bing will find all the same stuff, I promise. I use Google search to this day, despite trying to avoid Google as much as possible, precisely because Bing/DDG doggone well does not find all the same stuff. >why aren't you complaining about that too I mean.. I just got done complaining about how trash most of the alternatives are, so I'm not sure what you're getting at here. This goes back to my original point. Just because these "other options" technically exist does not make them viable options for use.
- paulddraper 7y ago
  What is incredibly limited about Bing, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Vimeo, DailyMotion, MetaCafe, and Facebook Video?