Google Failures of Epic Proportions
December 21st, 2009
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Every day I get up, turn my system on and spend a few hours reading the blogs I follow. And every day I read posts hating Microsoft for reasons that can only be explained by a serious misunderstanding of reality.
Here I present you Google Failures of Epic Proportions (a.k.a the other side of the story).
| Original Idea | Google Copy | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Knol | Fail, no one uses |
| YouTube | Google Video | Buyout, users don’t come |
| Exchange | Wave | Hype, does not deliver |
| Office | Docs | Mediocrity, does not compete |
| Paypal | Checkout | Poor vendor uptake, too many issues |
| Amazon | Google Catalogs | Discontinued |
| DMOZ | Google Directory | Fail |
| Y! Answers | Google Answer | Fail |
| Craigslist | Google Base | Fail |
| Jaiku acquisition | Fail | |
| Live Messenger | GTalk | Fail |
| WolframAlpha | Google Squared | Fail |