How Long Did It Take for the World to Identify Google as an AltaVista Killer?
“How quickly did the world realize that Google would come to dominate Web search in a way that few businesses have ever been dominated? Did anyone know from the get go that it would whip AltaVista and other once-mighty sites?
It’s still surprisingly hard to search the Web for information from a particular time period. But I found some early references to Google–mostly positive, and none of which were prescient enough to realize its implications.”
I remember being an early user of Google — way before the verb “to google” was invented. Back then it meant something to find another person who also used it. Like “Oh, you use Google too? Cool!”
posted 3 years ago | Permatime
