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I was an AltaVista user. Then I started having to use a meta search. Then Google came along and it always worked. Who cares if the others caught up? I had no re
by coryrc 6y ago
I was an AltaVista user. Then I started having to use a meta search. Then Google came along and it always worked. Who cares if the others caught up? I had no reason to look for over a decade. But now I feel the amount of money to be made means search will never be good again: you can pay people pennies to get a few more pennies for yourself, just to bury the better stuff given freely.
- cbsmith 6y agoI think you accurately captured the reality of the context. For the most part, as long as people perceive they are getting a good search result, they aren't to look at other options, let alone switch.