Fresh new search engine from fresh new minds

[sandor]

When Google burst unto the scene, behind the whole thing was two kids who started in their garage. Now these guys are basically billionaires and their engine has been tweaked to the point where the results are starting to look shaky.

What we need now is for a couple or few 15-20 year old geniuses to kick out a search engine that will be a serious competitor for the big3. Everything has its time and as went Alta Vista, so will go Google!

[GameMasterM]

Google is the Borg, omnipotent until the series runs its course!

[httpwebwitch]

I'm not 15 anymore, and I don't have a garage. Does that mean I can't be the next Larry or Sergey?

But I could ask if I could borrow my mom's basement

[ronin]

The backrub algorithm was crucial to Google's success, but people rarely mention that it was the time when Google launched that really made it for the company.

If Google had launched in 1995 or 2002 I doubt it would have been nearly as successful. The company caught the crest of the wave and became THE ONE search engine to all the people taking their first online steps in 1999/2000 who still think there is one operating system, one browser, one MP3 player etc.

[ByronM]

i've got a search engine that started in my basement... sticky me for the details :) don't want to bust the tos here

[RailMan]

i've got an engine in my garage .......... won't do search ......... won't do much else either ..........

but yeah, more search engines (or alternatives) will come along in time ...........

[jmccormac]

What made Google different was that it managed to monetize the search business. The players up to that point had not successfully done that. Instead they relied upon syndicating their search index and providing largely imprecisely targeted banner advertising.

In some ways the Google guys were lucky to be there at the right time. But Google is more of an advertising business than purely search. Most of the search ideas I've seen over the last few years have lacked one critical aspect - a way to reliably make money.

The garage start-up myth is a good one. But very few people have the singularity of purpose of Steve Jobs or the technological brilliance of Steve Wozniak. The Microsoft history is a better one for showing how "who you know" is often more important than quality of product.

Ideas are easy. Successfully implementing them is the hard part.

Regards...jmcc