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What killed reader (from original Verge story) - Company’s leadership began to wonder whether Reader was ever going to hit Google scale. Almost nothing ever hi
by achow 3y ago
What killed reader (from original Verge story)
- Company’s leadership began to wonder whether Reader was ever going to hit Google scale. Almost nothing ever hits Google scale, which is why Google kills almost everything.
- Marissa Mayer didn’t like it.
- Google+ sucked away all the engineers and resources.
https://www.theverge.com/23778253/google-reader-death-2013-rss-social https://www.theverge.com/23778253/google-reader-death-2013-r...
- dpcan 3y agoWhat about the simple fact that if I’m not going to the blog’s website directly, I’m not seeing or clicking on the Google adsense ads they were displaying? Or that you weren’t typing the name of the blog into Google to find it each time, and potentially clicking a sponsored link? The whole idea of reader hurt Google’s business model.
- jdechko 3y agoOr, it’s a highly customized list of websites and interests that is tied to an individual user, and therefore can be advertised against. Google could have put ads in Reader if they wanted to.
- blitzar 3y ago> - Marissa Mayer didn’t like it. Its safe to say with her track record as a visionary, Google Reader on its own could have been spun off, floated and the company would have been so wildly sucessful that we would call them FANGR stocks.
- dessimus 3y agoThat and every messaging app they release. You know it has about a 2 year shelf life, so don't bother picking it up.
- washadjeffmad 3y agoGNARF roll a little better off the tongue.
- blitzar 3y agoSilent G I assume. Not sure how google would feel about being a silent letter.