Predictions of the end of Google

Various publications and commentators have offered a range of predictions of the end of Google, a search engine established in 1999.

History

In 2007 a writer for Wired shared a rumor that Wikipedia's founder Jimbo Wales had a secret project to end Google.[1]

A 2008 article on potential ends of Google noted at that time that Google had 61% of traffic while its major competitors Yahoo and Microsoft could catch up.[2]

At the 2008 launch of Cuil various writers described how this search engine would end Google.[3][4][5]

In 2008 media commentator Jeff Jarvis said that he saw no competitor for Google except a trend of openness.[6]

In 2009 a writer for The Daily Beast speculated that Wolfram Alpha would out compete Google as a search engine.[7]

Writers for Forbes have speculated on various situations which could end Google. In 2011 a writer described how Siri would end Google.[8] In 2012 a writer described that nationalization of digital products could end Google.[9] Another writer in 2012 argued that Google opposed the Stop Online Piracy Act by participating in Protests against SOPA and PIPA because the company felt an existential threat to its business model in that law's view of digital property rights.[10]

Further reading
  • Fawzi, Marc (26 June 2006). "Wikipedia 3.0: The End of Google?". Evolving Trends.
  • James, Daniel Colin (24 April 2017). "This is how Google will collapse". Hacker Noon.

See also

References
  1. Russell, Terrence (16 November 2007). "Rumor: Wikipedia Founder Designing Google/Facebook-killer". Wired.
  2. Keohand, Ellen; Hurn, Mary Elizabeth (29 August 2008). "'Google killer' remains elusive". DMNews.com.
  3. Ramli, David (2008). "Cuil.com: A Google-killer?". PC World.
  4. Holoubek, Sara (28 July 2008). "Can we please kill the Google killer talk?". DMNews.com.
  5. Guseva, Irina (30 July 2008). "Cuil Is Not the Google Killer It Would Like to Be". CMSWire.com.
  6. JArvis, Jeff (8 May 2008). "Jeff Jarvis on the Google Killer". Big Think.
  7. Ciarelli, Nicholas (8 May 2009). "The Google Killer". The Daily Beast.
  8. Jackson, Eric (28 October 2011). "Why Siri Is a Google Killer". Forbes.
  9. Enderle, Rob (26 January 2012). "What Could Kill Apple, Google Or Microsoft?". Forbes.
  10. Cleland, Scott (24 January 2012). "The Real Reasons Google Killed SOPA/PIPA". Forbes.
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