‘Wallets and eyeballs’: how eBay turned the internet into a marketplace
The stories of Google, Facebook, and Amazon are frequently used to tell the story of the modern web. However, eBay was the first to conquer.
A software engineer created a website during the course of a weekend in September 1995. It wasn’t the first time he’d done anything like this. Pierre Omidyar had followed the typical accelerated Silicon Valley path at the age of 28: he had learnt to code in seventh grade and was on his way to becoming a millionaire before the age of 30 after having his firm purchased by Microsoft. He now worked for a business that created software for handheld computers, which were widely regarded as the next big thing at the time. He did, however, enjoy tinkering with side projects on the internet in his leisure time.
Is Google Dying?
I, like many others, utilize Google to find answers to the most common issues that arise in my daily life. Despite this, it appears that the first page of search results has been surfacing less satisfying solutions recently. I’m not alone in my dissatisfaction; the notion that Google Search, which many perceive to be a vital tool of modern life, is dead or dying has become a persistent cliché. People have been saying in viral articles for the past few years that Google’s flagship product is broken across numerous forums and social media sites. You can find individuals complaining about Google dying on Twitter and Reddit dating back to the mid-2010s. However, the objections have now been more vocal.
Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/google-search-algorithm-internet/661325/