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Is it just me or, is there an influx of topics where people are expressing their dissatisfaction with Google lately? I mean, there are always topics where someone is not happy with the SERPs, but it just appears to be a little more heated these days.
If we take a look at the history of search engines since 1994, there is pattern that has taken place in the past. Will that pattern continue or has Google effectively changed that pattern?
What about Yahoo! MSN? Ask? What's Gigablast up to these days? Who are the actual players that are here to stay for at least the next 12-18 months?
Here are some of the past and present players in the market...
1994 Apr - WebCrawler
1995 Feb - Infoseek
1995 Dec - AltaVista
1996 Jan - BackRub
1996 Apr - Alexa
1996 May - HotBot
1996 Oct - LookSmart
1996 - Mamma
1996 - Dogpile
1997 - GoTo
1997 Feb - Northern Light
1997 Apr - Ask Jeeves
1997 Jul - Fast
1998 Apr - Direct Hit
1998 May - Yahoo! Powered by Inktomi
1998 Jun - ODP
1998 Sep - MSN Search
1998 Sep - Google
1998 Oct - Lycos Acquires Wired/HotBot
1999 - About.com
1999 Aug - AlltheWeb
1999 Sep - FindWhat
1999 Nov - NBCi/Snap
2000 Jun - Yahoo! Powered by Google
2000 Jun - Vivisimo
2000 Sep - Business.com
2000 Sep - Espotting
2000 Oct - Google AdWords
2001 Apr - Teoma
2001 Sep - WiseNut
2001 Sep - AskJeeves Acquires Teoma
2001 Oct - GoTo Changes Name to Overture
2002 Feb - Google AdWords Select
2002 Mar - Gigablast (Pre-Beta)
2002 Mar - LookSmart Acquires WiseNut
2002 Jul - Gigablast (Beta)
2002 Dec - Froogle
2003 Mar - Yahoo! Acquires Inktomi
2003 Apr - Overture Acquires Fast/AlltheWeb
2003 Apr - Overture Acquires AltaVista
2003 Apr - FindWhat Acquires Espotting
2003 Jun - Google AdSense
2003 Oct - Yahoo! Acquires Overture
2003 Oct - Google Acquires Sprinks
2004 Jan - New MSN Search Beta
2004 Feb - Lycos Search Discontinued
2004 Feb - Yahoo! Powered by Yahoo!
2004 Mar - Yahoo! Site Match Powered by Overture
2004 Mar - AskJeeves Acquires Excite, iWon, My Way
2004 Jun - AskJeeves Acquires Tukaroo Search
2004 Jun - AOL Acquires Advertising.com
2004 Sep - Amazon Launches A9.com Search
2004 Aug - Google IPO GOOG NASDAQ
2004 Nov - New MSN Search
2005 Jan - AOL Search Relaunches
2005 Mar - Overture Renamed Yahoo! SMS
2005 Mar - IAC Acquires AskJeeves
2005 May - AskJeeves Acquires Excite Europe
2006 Feb - Teoma/Ask Merge - The Butler Is Gone
2006 Mar - Zeal Directory Discontinued
2006 Mar - Google Acquires Writely
2006 Mar - Google Joins S&P 500 Index
Who am I missing? Who do you think will be the top ten players in the next 12-18 months? Who is most likely to acquire who in that timeframe?
If we take a look at the history of search engines since 1994, there is pattern that has taken place in the past. Will that pattern continue or has Google effectively changed that pattern?
what is the pattern that you're suggesting - that they come and go?
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