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Re: Google Stories

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Post by Lammy »

bmmayer1 wrote: post #23
scrollaway wrote: post #9

Wow, I guess this is what FOMO looks like when taken to the b2c megacorp level. It feels like a safe bet that this is Google+ all over again, and it'll fail just as badly. But hey, set a 5 year reminder and I'll happily take the "I was wrong" on this if I indeed am.

An interesting hot take I read a while back (that I can't find) was that Google's strategy is generally "compete with every company on every product in order to build a moat, so that no one can touch search, which is the actual castle." And if you think about it makes a lot of sense -- Google competes with almost every other tech company on something, but no one competes with Google on search. The exception, perhaps,…

And this seems to be about providing Google-only search result content that no competitor could equal since it's literally built on google's tech, RE: "Your story can then be surfaced in relevant Google Search results and Discover."

Re: Google Stories

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Post by blt »

eplanit wrote: post #65

Another example of how Google just doesn't make exciting technology anymore.

They still make exciting technology. Google's search is still far better than the competition. The Pixel computational photography app is cutting edge. Their translation and speech synthesis are great. They are still good at "organizing the world's information".

They fail when they try to mimic their competitors. Their cloud services trail Amazon. Their hardware trails Apple. Their social media trails... everybody.

You can see it in their intranets. Google uses personal web pages, forums, and search. It is similar to the internet in 2004. Facebook uses a miniature copy of Facebook.

Re: Google Stories

#133

Post by ninkendo »

stingraycharles wrote: post #24

Am I the only one who, after reading the landing page, still has no idea what this is? I’ve been watching “immersive” websites for quite some time, mostly marketing-ish websites but also sometimes some special purpose pages from National Geografic or NYT. What exactly is this? A JavaScript/CSS framework? Something like AMP? Or is it a social network like Snapchat? I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel o…

I’m getting angry just trying to look at the page that describes them.

We get it, you figured out how to do clever CSS animations tied to scroll position. Thanks, I hate it.

I’ve tried 3 times and I can’t manage to stay on the page for more than a few seconds without getting frustrated and closing the tab.

Re: Google Stories

#134

Post by hodgesrm »

stingraycharles wrote: post #24

Am I the only one who, after reading the landing page, still has no idea what this is? I’ve been watching “immersive” websites for quite some time, mostly marketing-ish websites but also sometimes some special purpose pages from National Geografic or NYT. What exactly is this? A JavaScript/CSS framework? Something like AMP? Or is it a social network like Snapchat? I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel o…

This feels like some kind of satire. Is Sasha Baron Cohen doing a new project?

Re: Google Stories

#136

Post by reaperducer »

reidjs wrote: post #76
thekyle wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft Bing competes with Google Search.

I have yet to meet someone that uses bing, but maybe that’s just because I’m in the Silicon Valley bubble

I have yet to meet someone that uses bing, but maybe that’s just because I’m in the Silicon Valley bubble

You might be surprised what Joe Average uses. I run into people who not only still use MapQuest, but use it as a verb.

Re: Google Stories

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Post by dessant »

stingraycharles wrote: post #24

Am I the only one who, after reading the landing page, still has no idea what this is? I’ve been watching “immersive” websites for quite some time, mostly marketing-ish websites but also sometimes some special purpose pages from National Geografic or NYT. What exactly is this? A JavaScript/CSS framework? Something like AMP? Or is it a social network like Snapchat? I’m genuinely confused what I’m looking at and feel o…

> Something like AMP?

This is literally AMP [1]. The feature was launched as AMP Stories, which has now been rebranded to Web Stories. They are throwing everything at the wall to increase the use of AMP.

[1] https://amp.dev/about/stories/

Re: Google Stories

#139

Post by drusepth »

echelon wrote: post #82
wisty wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What are Stories? > Web Stories are a web-based version of the popular “Stories” format that blend video, audio, images, animation and text to create a dynamic, less formal consumption experience that goes beyond a simple play button. This visual format lets you explore content at your own pace by tapping through it, or swiping from one piece of content to the next. It looks like a format to let Google put small we…

Vomit. The web is turning into Entertainment Tonight, the show my mom used to watch. Ads disguised as content.

>Ads disguised as content.

Sure feels like the final evolution of ads will be indistinguishable from content.

Re: Google Stories

#140

Post by torben-friis »

cambalache wrote: post #90

When I see things like this I laugh and laugh and laugh about the naive view usually presented in HN that the "best minds of our generation" are all in FAANGs. Move over Peter Scholze, Terry Tao and Magnus Carlsen, the Google(TM) kids who just copied TikTok/Instagram have just arrived.

Well, that's the complain isn't it? That the technical skills are being wasted on glorified marketing companies.

If you hire Frank Lloyd Wright to design your bathroom, you can't use the fact that you end up looking at a toilet as proof that he's not great.

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