Same thing. :-) An idea. But also in their case, free website submissions and an SE that really worked with a multitude of advanced search options, and a name people like to use. I've been telling these money hungry jerks at the other SE's (like Excite, Alta Vista, Webcrawler, etc.) when they started to charge for inclusions, that would be the beginning of the end for them. That's a total no-brainer to realize that, but noooooooooooooo. Who the heck is dumb enough to use an SE that will only return a few limited results from those that were stupid enough to PAY for inclusion??????? If you are trying to buy a somewhat hard to find antique and go to an SE that charges for inclusion to try and find it, it may show up at some high-end NYC or L.A. antique dealer for 10 grand. THEY had the money to pay the SE for inclusion. However, you go to a FREE SE and look for the same item and you find the exact same item at locally owned small dealer for only $1000. Why? I think everyone knows but I'll say it anyway; small businesses don't have the money to pay every charging SE for inclusion! So, they submit to all the free ones--EVERYONE with a website submits to the free ones and that's why the free ones will find a lot more results and options for the one doing the search.
Take Yahoo for example: these morons started to charge $200 for EACH URL submitted, and it hurt them so bad they had to start using Google's results feed!! They made millions off of idiots that gave them 200 bucks a pop, only to have those that paid $200 not showing any higher in the results than those that never paid!! This has hurt them in the long run and they are now making their free site submission more accessible, and Alta Vista and a couple of others are ALSO now using Yahoo's free site submission since they are now using Yahoo's results! If you are smart, (and Google's two founders were), free = money. Google has never charged and say they never will. One does have the option of paying them for inclusion in their "Sponsored links" which appear at the top and side of the results pages. This is the main way how they make their bucks. Now I'm happy some pay for this since this is probably one of the things that keeps Google free, but WHY they do it, I don't know since I for one rarely ever look at any sponsored links since they are usually so generic they don't apply. There was a segment on Google on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back, and its stats & growth is mind boggling. As a result of Google's IPO a few months back, their employees are all millionaires now since they all are part owners. Plus, they get free "12-course gourmet meals" daily at the on "Google campus" restaurants, free housing on the campus, free heath clubs, heath care, much more. It's amazing. There's something like a 5 year waiting list for those submitting risumi's to them. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello again, I once asked the group what Bill Gates did that made Microsoft the giant it is, that so many other very capable computer (and business) people didn't do. Your answer was basically, "He had an idea; it all starts with an idea." --- I'd like to ask the same question regarding Google. I remember when Yahoo was the rage among search engines. What is it that Google did that made it become a verb in our languages? --- Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
