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Google didn't invent the idea of a web crawler or search engine. Because of how the web was designed, I think it was always an inevitability that the internet w
by Andrex 3y ago
Google didn't invent the idea of a web crawler or search engine. Because of how the web was designed, I think it was always an inevitability that the internet would start open but trend closed.
- _Algernon_ 3y agoYou could say that google started it. They ate everyone's lunch by including what people were looking for in a box at the top of the search results. Of course sites will respond in kind.
- robertlagrant 3y agoThey were better than the incumbents. The incumbents allowed people to buy search ranking.
- dgroshev 3y agoGoogle now does effectively the same with their in-search ads. Most of the time the entire space above the fold is just ads.
- robertlagrant 3y agoAgree it's not great, but it's not as bad as silently reordering the actual search results.