[gtmb]

As everything in life flows in cycle, I predict the search engine that will de-throne Google will be like Google when it started - a simple variation of page rank.

No smarts, no bubble, no signals decided by over fitting to a biased engineer preference.

[jerrre]

I wouldn't say the existence of this page proves your prediction right (as it's not dethroning Google anytime soon).

It's easy to forget that the goal of Google isn't to provide a useful search engine (at least not anymore), but the search engine is a by product of them wanting to show ads.

[marcos100]

If Google isn't useful then nobody will use it.

The search engine and the ads are tightly coupled. A better search engine means it can predict with more accuracy what you are looking for and can serve you an even more targeted ad that increases the chance you'll click.

[rchaud]

> If Google isn't useful then nobody will use it.

Or they'll continue to use it out of sheer inertia. Google is paying Apple $15 billion to keep its place as iOS default search engine.

IE6 didn't die overnight when Firefox arrived.

[popcube]

now Google try immitate a document system on your computer, usually I rely on Google know what I need:(

[axelroze]

Wouldn't the dethroner of Google be some new technology which is not a search engine like Google but better at solving the original task of finding information on how to solve problems?

Just like how iPad dethroned Windows PCs for average home user but not Mac because Windows had the monopoly and then an innovation destroyed MS in this space and not a competitor.

I don't think Google dethrones Yahoo and AltaVista scenario will occur again.

[gverrilla]

> iPad dethroned Windows PCs for average home user

is this true? in the US, perhaps? because in south america it couldn't me more far away from truth - didn't happen at all

[antupis]

As dev I would love search engine which would only do search to stackoverflow github issues, documentation etc.

[axelroze]

You can limit the search query per website in DDG (and probably in others)

Example: `rust slow compilation site:stackoverflow.com`

[antupis]

Yeah but usually I want some set of sites not just stackoverflow.

[goodpoint]

...especially if you could group online resources by category (e.g. software eng, cooking, ...)

[__MatrixMan__]

I agree, except it'll optionally accept the ID of your node in a web of trust, and it'll use a page rank customized for you.

Or you can put in two ID's and have it find sources that both parties trust.