@samuraikid
That one is tricky. They definately had a slightly better algorithm than the competition at the time.

Society (more senior commentators) completely failed to warn about the dangers of everyone using one #searchEngine.

In their defense, the #Microsoft #monopoly was still fresh in mind and so they supposedly saw a fresh face in tech and quickly fawned over it.

It was a ground up to start with.

A good lesson for #groundUp movements (eg. #LightningLabs taking over #bitcoin).