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Re:Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas (2012) by subsidd on Saturday May 20, 2017 @01:24PM (#14383382)
Google is really good at what it does but I absolutely agree with PG that it's not enough. And another startup coming along doing almost the same thing a little better is no good either.

I rather believe, smaller and more niche search engines like zomato(for restaurants in india) etc would get better of google very soon. Like, imagine a search engine for online learning resources with filters like beginners/intermediate/advanced, books, courses, etc; that would be so much better than what google has to offer right now given it indexes a lot of quality resources.

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Re:Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas (2012) by johnny99 on Saturday May 20, 2017 @02:32PM (#14383642)
Agreed--many domain-specific searches are already much better done by Google competitors, especially Amazon. I go straight there for information on pretty much anything I might buy. Likewise Yelp for restaurant and other local services.

This is all the more true on mobile, where the search is meant to initiate an action: buy something, make a reservation. Being able to complete a circuit in one place gives competitors in some domains a powerful advantage over Google.

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