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Google's way of indexing was not novel at the time. There were others that used the same methods. Their execution on the other hand was flawless.
by raphar 17y ago
Google's way of indexing was not novel at the time. There were others that used the same methods.
Their execution on the other hand was flawless.
- hymanroth 17y agoWell, that's a matter of opinion. From what I have read, their method was innovative, hence the patents. The problem with working this kind of stuff out is that history is always biased towards the winners (in the sense that nobody talks about the losers). With that it mind, you could quite possibly be right.
- redorb 17y agoIf not their methods - their hardware was definitely a new thought at that time - Low cost commodity hardware etc; when it was cool to spend 10k on a server,