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I think the days of an invincible google are clearly over. Their brand is diluted (imho) with countless products, I think that at least for search - someone cou
by alastair 17y ago
I think the days of an invincible google are clearly over. Their brand is diluted (imho) with countless products, I think that at least for search - someone could beat them.
Eg, If facebook bought or built a search engine, it could be 'game on'.
- nostrademons 17y agoFaceBook has a search engine, it's just that it's for searching your social life instead of the web.
- chronomex 17y agoDon't forget that they contract out web search to Bing. Try it, query for something on the Web with Facebook's search box. I always ignore it because it's noise -- when I go to Facebook I want to look for people, not essays or blog posts.
- unalone 17y agoIf they figure out how to market that better, though, they've got a massive userbase. That could be incredible.
- jfarmer 17y agoFacebook search returns web results, too. Not that the results are particularly relevant, but after Google it's probably the second-most viewed search box on the web. And you'll notice at the bottom it says "Powered by Bing."