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Hindsight is 20/20. What was Google when Yahoo turned them over?

• bashinator 13y ago
  At the time, I was still aware that it was a much better search engine than anything Yahoo had.
  • wahnfrieden 13y ago
    What was the perceived worth of search engines as a general concept back then though? That's the relevant question, not which search was best.
    • bashinator 13y ago
      It was immediately obvious that search engines were worthwhile - that's actually the origin of Yahoo's name - "Yahoo, I can finally find stuff on the www!" Before search engines started getting really good, we relied on stuff like web rings and other indexes of sites.
      • wahnfrieden 13y ago
        Were they making money though, just from the search side of things? Yahoo expanded into being a "media company" and portal as a way to generate revenue - search was just one way to get people in the door. Sorry, that's what I meant by worth (financial worth).