Quote:
Originally Posted by ProG
I think this is how most got to where they are today. How do you think TheHun got so big? It certainly wasn't his eye catching design. He was one of the only fish in the pond at the time.
There are exceptions to this though. What about Google who took out all the major search providers at the time (Hot Bot, Alta Vista, etc..) with nothing but a link on the Standford website?
|
They took out those sites by providing a more relevant, cleaner, solution faster than the others. Simple as that. They built a better mousetrap.
Also, Google was the search engine partner/provider on Yahoo for a number of years. Yahoo did not buy them out when offered, nor renewed the contract. So Google spun off.
They had brand recognition from years of 'search provided by Google' on Yahoo, which was the biggest at the time. They were far from, 'lightning in a bottle'.
