tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post113950216983719537..comments2024-01-15T13:17:33.771-08:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: Motivating switching from GoogleGreg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1139781577777182662006-02-12T13:59:00.000-08:002006-02-12T13:59:00.000-08:00Amazon aren't the only people thinking about bribe...Amazon aren't the only people thinking about bribery. Bill Gates has mentioned the idea:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/12/08/HNmssearchengine_1.html" REL="nofollow">Microsoft to show search engine users the money</A><BR/><BR/>If it does get to the situation where all the web search engines are the same then paying users to use your search might not be a bad strategy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1139659944751861162006-02-11T04:12:00.000-08:002006-02-11T04:12:00.000-08:00It remains a mystery to me as to why Yahoo!'s port...It remains a mystery to me as to why Yahoo!'s portal game never worked for it in the Search space<BR/><BR/>Either the Portal strategy is passe (or rather oh so Web 1.0-ish) or Y! just didn't do it right (in which case I really if anyone actually did it better)<BR/><BR/>The medium term outcome in this battle between Algorithmic / Personalised Search & Social Search would be very interestingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1139543382136383432006-02-09T19:49:00.000-08:002006-02-09T19:49:00.000-08:00Say, Greg, noticing your "Found on Findory" taglin...Say, Greg, noticing your "Found on Findory" tagline, I thought, why not create a Found on Findory logo that bloggers can insert after their posts? I'd use it multiple times a day!Nathan Weinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198683419603404895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1139531837962185382006-02-09T16:37:00.000-08:002006-02-09T16:37:00.000-08:00I don't agree, Arnab. Google grew popular because...I don't agree, Arnab. Google grew popular because Altavista's search results were increasingly stale, irrelevant, and spammy. Google worked better, so people switched to it.<BR/><BR/>The Yahoo move was helpful to Google, sure, but I don't think it was the cause of Google's success.Greg Lindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1139530443228708112006-02-09T16:14:00.000-08:002006-02-09T16:14:00.000-08:00(from my blog:)No, that’s not true. The real reaso...(from my blog:)<BR/>No, that’s not true. The real reason Google is popular is because Yahoo! <A HREF="http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2165081" REL="nofollow">switched</A> from Inktomi(in a way, AV) to Google as their search engine, complete with “powered by google” signage. So you have the #1 website on the Interweb telling everyone that Search = Google. Then, when search became important (because the Internet exploded in terms of content, and hence usefulness of web search), people had no trouble to switching from a huge portal to a dedicated search engine they already used.Arnab Nandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512069175607353644noreply@blogger.com