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> was Google Search that much better than Yahoo Search? Was Google Maps that much better than MapQuest? Dear God yes. It was night and day better. MapQuest bac
by afterburner 15y ago
> was Google Search that much better than Yahoo Search? Was Google Maps that much better than MapQuest?
Dear God yes. It was night and day better. MapQuest back then was clunky as shit, and nothing gave better and faster results than Google when it came on the scene, and certainly the speed and clean interface were unmatched. Suddenly you could find anything you wanted on the internet, easily and without hassle.
The iPod, by the way, was not the first MP3 player.
- tolmasky 15y agoIts unfortunate that some people didn't see, or don't remember, this transition. It was literally going from something that just plain didn't work, to magic. The memory that stands out in my mind was typing in 3 or 4 words from a song I heard on the radio, appending "lyrics" and having Google know what I was talking about. It stands in my mind as one of those "this is the future" moments. We take it for granted now, but this new normal of never missing out on information, because you can just google it, really did start with Google in my opinion.
- Samuel_Michon 15y agoWhen Google started out, I could get way more relevant results from using a combination of Yahoo, Hotbot and AltaVista. Later on, Google got better and I switched because I could get satisfactory results from just one search engine. You didn't have to think about which search engine to use for which query -- Google was good enough. Nowadays, I wouldn't miss Google Search if it disappeared; I get more relevant results from DuckDuckGo.
- Steko 15y agoGoogle Search gave much better results which is really what made it better. The UI was nice and clean and had 2 buttons, one of which was pointless. That said I doubt Steve was talking about Google Search when he lumped Google in with Microsoft. He was likely talking about Android 1.x and 2.x.