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Being the size Google is, I sometimes wonder why it took them so long to come up with an alternative to Facebook. If they had of launched Google+ back in 2005 o
by phlie 15y ago
Being the size Google is, I sometimes wonder why it took them so long to come up with an alternative to Facebook. If they had of launched Google+ back in 2005 or 2006 I think they would have had a decent chance against Facebook but launching in 2011 was just a bad business move.
- jaredsohn 15y agoorkut was released in 2004, although it wasn't promoted as heavily as Google+ is now and Google wasn't using it to create a social layer for the Internet.
- liuliu 15y agoNo, you ignored that social network was not what it is today. And Facebook played an important role in shaping what the social network should look like. Google had its social networking site at that time, but they failed to iterate on it. Facebook's success is not accidental, there were a lot effort and thinking into it to make what it is today, and people shouldn't take it for granted to say that they can come up with a Facebook alternative in 3 months at 2005.