Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by HWR_14 1632 days ago
> Google must also compete or they lose their free users followed by their paying users (ad buyers).

I have no idea if that's even possible. The number of people who (a) Google pays to be the default engine for and (b) aren't even aware there are other engines is huge. If the various google search domains went offline, the number of people who wouldn't even be able to find facebook is probably a double-digit percent, let alone those who cannot figure out to fail over to bing, ddg, yahoo, whatever.
1 comments
rapind 1632 days ago
There are more than enough users aware of search to support a fledgling competitor that managed to deliver higher quality results.

That competitor simply doesn’t exist yet, and I think that’s because no one has figured out how to beat Google at search (which is why I think real ingenuity is required).

link
HWR_14 1632 days ago
I thought DDG beat google when it first got going. It seems to have declined and in some cases is no longer even usable anymore.
link