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They're more fun, BUT they result in more work being done for less of a benefit. Look at the sites that have succeeded the most and you'll see that they all so
by unalone 18y ago
They're more fun, BUT they result in more work being done for less of a benefit.
Look at the sites that have succeeded the most and you'll see that they all solve basic problems, and that's resulted in most of them making tons of money. More specialized sites are more fascinating, but they attract fewer people and tend to be much less successful in absolute terms.
- gruseom 18y agoLook at the sites that have succeeded the most Is search not a hard problem?
- run4yourlives 18y agoLook at where every other company that tried search - besides google - is now though.
- aschobel 18y agoIt also depends on what kind of hard problems you are tackling. YouTube solved the video codec Gordian knot, Google did the same with relevant search. Not easy problems, but they have huge benefits.
- unalone 18y agoExactly. Those are resultant problems from a fairly simple opening idea. YouTube: how can we put video online? Google: how can we make searches relevant? And, while the details are usually tricky, I find that Google's solutions to problems tend to always be brilliantly simple. Like their translate features: they figure out a basic problem and they solve it simply and often unexpectedly. Calling it a Gordion knot is actually the perfect description, yeah.