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Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by analog31 on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @11:45PM (#42122993)
It occurs to me that competing with Google on their home turf and at their scale might be impossible. But doing what Google was good at, when they just a search engine, might not be all that much harder today than it was back then. And it may fly "under the radar" of Google's current business priorities.
Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by flir on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @02:36PM (#42129137)
I'm thinking about how Etsy took "the good bit" of Ebay and ran with it. Or how tyre-and-exhaust shops take "the profitable bit" of being a mechanic and run with it. I know there's a name for this, but it eludes me.
Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by analog31 on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @11:07PM (#42133082)
It could be they also took the bit that eBay abandoned. There was a point when eBay announced to the business press that they were going to de-emphasize the "America's yard sale" aspect, and shift towards being a regular e-commerce site like Amazon.