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Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by ezequiel-garzon on Saturday February 25, 2017 @08:53AM (#13731575)
By now I feel I will some day read the unthinkable:

Alphabet Shutting Down Google

Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by tyingq on Saturday February 25, 2017 @09:19AM (#13731672)
I think more likely is some point where Google search has no organic results, but rather, a mix of "KG", widgets, and ads. You can already see the progression...there's many searches that include nothing but Google content until you scroll way below the fold.

Edit: One interesting query is "cancer cure". On my reasonably large monitor, nothing organic showing unless I scroll down. Anything travel related is similar, like "vegas hotels".

Edit2: If you disagree that the importance of the plain organic results is fading, please explain why they keep moving down. Google does understand what "below the fold" means in terms of what's important and what's not. In fact, the algorithm penalizes sites that place the important content below the fold, beneath things that are self-serving.

Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by douche on Saturday February 25, 2017 @09:06AM (#13731628)
More likely would be Google Shutting Down Alphabet

Unless search and ads somehow die off as a cash cow catastrophically, that's always going to be the tail that wags the dog.

Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by maxerickson on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:43AM (#13732309)
Alphabet might fold in on itself and become Google again, which I suppose is what you mean, but Alphabet is 100% owner of Google, so any reorganization like that would be accurately ascribed to Alphabet.
Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by nol13 on Saturday February 25, 2017 @10:53AM (#13732039)
No opportunity to see ads when Alexa browses the internet for you, the new adwords soon to be the market for purchasing targeted Alexa NN reenforcement points!
Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by Wizek on Saturday February 25, 2017 @09:13AM (#13731645)
Or perhaps more realistic in the short term: Google announcing to shut down Gmail beta(tm) over the next several months.
Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by arkitaip on Saturday February 25, 2017 @10:26AM (#13731927)
As long as they keep Project Zero around...
Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by jwilk on Saturday February 25, 2017 @10:59AM (#13732071)
Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by xkxx on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:36AM (#13732274)
OMG, that's very funny. I use neither Google Search nor GMail. But I do use the 8.8.8.8 DNS server. When I need to check if my internet connection is down, I ping 8.8.8.8. Very useful.
Re:Google Spaces will be shut down on April 17th by ezequiel-garzon on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:15AM (#13732168)
Thanks! I hadn't seen that one. xkcd is great.