The Elephant in the Room: Google Monoculture

Re:The Elephant in the Room: Google Monoculture by KaiP on Monday February 09, 2009 @11:18AM (#473636)

The reason people find Google less objectionable than Microsoft is that it is far easier for the average consumer to switch search engines than it is for them to switch operating systems. So while Microsoft could force out better competitors, there's no way for Google to stop people from using another search engine. There just needs to be one that is worth switching to.

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Re:The Elephant in the Room: Google Monoculture by rbanffy on Monday February 09, 2009 @03:50PM (#474148)

Google also has not yet been convicted on monopoly abuse charges. Microsoft has. More than once.

And, quite frankly, their continuous defiance and misconduct does not help its image of a serious company.

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Re:The Elephant in the Room: Google Monoculture by peregrine on Monday February 09, 2009 @12:28PM (#473791)

And there isn't even a company close to Google in search quality. Nor one with even a plan yet alone the budget.

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Re:The Elephant in the Room: Google Monoculture by pj on Monday February 09, 2009 @07:07PM (#474439)

There are a lot worth switching to. Cuil is nice. There are more to search results than speed of delivery.

I monitor search term locations in several search engines and notice the numbers of results returned for relatively new terms will sky rocket on Google, then fall dramatically back, while the others would remain relatively stable.

Why would that happen? I'm still trying to figure that out.

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