We are actually at step 1 of Google relinquishing it’s hold on search.
It’s crazy to think they would give up on ad words in such a way.
It’s clear by their own design that they don’t value the quality of their product however.
Step 2 will be the slow movement away from their site.
I guess with Chrome they feel more secure but that shouldn’t. The public at large is used to a continual transition from browser to browser throughout time.
Many people are conditioned but most have now embraced the notion that the quality of google results are crap.
They seem to forget the whole reason people initially moved to google was the clean interface and actual good search results.
Not sure google would go broke but I think ads are still >60% of their revenue.
The public at large is used to a continual transition from browser to browser throughout time.
That transition is SLOW. People don't change browsers unless two conditions are met: that they're dissatisfied with one, and they know of a good alternative. Firefox was a "good alternative" to MSIE, and at one point had about a third of the market share. Then Chrome came along and more or less destroyed it, eventually becoming the main player. That took about five years.
The second-place browser is Safari but that's more or less indicative of people with Apple products. Slightly lower down are Firefox and Edge, then MSIE and Opera have about 2%. Brave isn't even on the map. But why is that? Because Chrome isn't dissatisfying to many people. It's good enough. To unseat Chrome, you'd probably need a new player to enter the game with something mind-blowing, and even then you'd need about five years.
I remember the reason everyone switched from the cool ones, was because google wouldn’t take payola for fixed search results..........
We are actually at step 1 of Google relinquishing it’s hold on search.
It’s crazy to think they would give up on ad words in such a way.
It’s clear by their own design that they don’t value the quality of their product however.
Step 2 will be the slow movement away from their site.
I guess with Chrome they feel more secure but that shouldn’t. The public at large is used to a continual transition from browser to browser throughout time.
Many people are conditioned but most have now embraced the notion that the quality of google results are crap.
They seem to forget the whole reason people initially moved to google was the clean interface and actual good search results.
Not sure google would go broke but I think ads are still >60% of their revenue.
That transition is SLOW. People don't change browsers unless two conditions are met: that they're dissatisfied with one, and they know of a good alternative. Firefox was a "good alternative" to MSIE, and at one point had about a third of the market share. Then Chrome came along and more or less destroyed it, eventually becoming the main player. That took about five years.
The second-place browser is Safari but that's more or less indicative of people with Apple products. Slightly lower down are Firefox and Edge, then MSIE and Opera have about 2%. Brave isn't even on the map. But why is that? Because Chrome isn't dissatisfying to many people. It's good enough. To unseat Chrome, you'd probably need a new player to enter the game with something mind-blowing, and even then you'd need about five years.
I disagree on various points to a certain extent but that’s fine.
My point was that browser movement typically happens at a faster pace than the speed where people change search.
The real issue is mobile. Until good mobile devices change default browser and search it’s going to be a little harder. You kind of touched on that.
Bing?
Ew.
Hey, its good for getting microsoft points. I pay for all my Xbox shit with the free gift cards!
If you still use google you're an idiot.
Bing can suck a sick too. Use DuckDuckGo, or Startpage.com