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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by girvo on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:16AM (#7182552)
I imagine if someone comes up with a better page ranking algorithm they definitely have a shot at beating google.

Not a chance... about the same as Linux has at beating Windows on the desktop, in my opinion. It's too entrenched, too far ahead, barrier to entry to even get to a level playing field is too high...

I'd love to see it, to be honest. I hope beyond hope it will happen. But I think it's more likely to see something remove the need to search entirely than have a new search engine take out Google's dominance.

Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by NigelTufnel on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @07:07AM (#7183260)
I agree. It's not just the algorithm, scale etc. It's the chicken/egg problem - to have a good page ranking you need a lot of usage data from a lot of users and to get a lot of users you need a good page ranking.
Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by angryasian on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @02:38PM (#7186237)
we'll have to agree to disagree. Search is plain and simple a utility. If the utility is better then people will switch.