and you really have to thank Slashdot for that one. They really put the pressure on Google to stay lean. It was a backlash at the time against search engines th

and you really have to thank Slashdot for that one. They really put the pressure on Google to stay lean. It was a backlash at the time against search engines that looked like these: https://twitter.com/dannysullivan/status/520631248826294272 https://twitter.com/dannysullivan/status/520631248826294272 This thread from 2001 is also an interesting read: https://slashdot.org/story/01/06/25/1316227/google-plans-an-ipo https://slashdot.org/story/01/06/25/1316227/google-plans-an-...