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Nice story, but Google's heyday was probably 10 years before that. By 2014 the decline had already started.
by elevatedastalt 3y ago
Nice story, but Google's heyday was probably 10 years before that. By 2014 the decline had already started.
- nostrademons 3y agoA little after that. I'd put the heyday between 2003-2010, starting with the GMail launch and ending with the Chrome & Android launches. That period includes GMail, Maps, Scholar, Orkut, Reader, the acquisitions of Blogger/YouTube/Docs/Sheets/Slides/Analytics/Android, Summer of Code, OAuth, Translate, Voice Search, search suggestions, universal search, Picasa, etc. Basically I can look at my phone or computer and basically everything I routinely use dates from that period.
- mistrial9 3y agoGMail, the service that tells every user that they will be indexed and profiled personally for ad leads? that is an achievement ? GMail was one of the red flags for many that "don't be evil" was not going to be what it appeared. History says that this kind of mass profiling never ends well.
- pests 3y agoGmail doesn't show personalized ads for some years FWIW.
- OldMatey 3y agoAgreed. I remember the town hall meeting where they announced the transition to being Alphabet. My manager was flying home from the US at the time. He left a Google employee and landed an Alphabet employee. I know it was probably meaningless in any real sense, but when they dropped the Dont Be Evil motto, it was a sign that the fun times were drawing to an end.