There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
skrenta.com
There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
1–10 of 26 posts
Re: There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
#2so...any information on blekko's actual product/service?
Re: There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
#3"X Killer" never meant that in my experience. It is phrased as such because it generates clicks and ad revenue. That's it. A lot of headlines are hyperbolic because they are designed to garner attention.
They also serve to introduce concepts to people who aren't familiar with the field. Saying "web search start up" to a layman isn't going to excite much, but "google killer" will, regardless of accuracy.
Re: There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
#4Two men woke up in their campsite one morning to radio news that a man-eating tiger was on the prowl. One man promptly started wearing his running shoes, while the second teased him: "surely, you don't think you're going to outrun the tiger in those?!". "I don't have to outrun the tiger", replied the first man. "I only have to outrun you."
They don't have to kill _Google_. Outsurviving Y! Or Bing will do handsomely.
PS: that said, comparing google to coke is an analogy without legs.
Edit: clarified based on reply.
Re: There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
#5Two men woke up in their campsite one morning to radio news that a man-eating tiger was on the prowl. One man promptly started wearing his running shoes, while the second teased him: "surely, you don't think you're going to outrun the tiger in those?!". "I don't have to outrun the tiger", replied the first man. "I only have to outrun you." They don't have to kill _Google_. Outsurviving Y! Or Bing will do handsomely.…
So who do they have to kill/outrun/whatever? I'm not sure I understand your analogy.
Re: There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
#6Two men woke up in their campsite one morning to radio news that a man-eating tiger was on the prowl. One man promptly started wearing his running shoes, while the second teased him: "surely, you don't think you're going to outrun the tiger in those?!". "I don't have to outrun the tiger", replied the first man. "I only have to outrun you." They don't have to kill _Google_. Outsurviving Y! Or Bing will do handsomely.…
So who do they have to kill/outrun/whatever? I'm not sure I understand your analogy.
#2: y! & bing
Re: There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
#7I label Christine Varney as the most likely Google killer.
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/07/27/varney-getting-pushback-...
Re: There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
#8I disagree. There is only one Google Killer.
Google.
Re: There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
So who do they have to kill/outrun/whatever? I'm not sure I understand your analogy.
#2: y! & bing
Yahoo and Bing are full service search engines. If they execute well, they could eventually become "Google killers".
I think the premise of this article was that just because Blekko is in the search space, doesn't mean it's trying to replace Google (or Yahoo or Bing). They think they can succeed by being Mt. Dew rather than Pepsi.
Re: There’s No Such Thing As A Google Killer
#10'Tisn't "product killers" but "category killers". Google isn't the Microsoft killer because they've a better desktop platform, it's that they're making desktop platforms irrelevant. All we can know of the hypothetical/eventual Google killer is that they won't be competing on but with search/advertising.