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I wouldn't say the existence of this page proves your prediction right (as it's not dethroning Google anytime soon).

It's easy to forget that the goal of Google isn't to provide a useful search engine (at least not anymore), but the search engine is a by product of them wanting to show ads.

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If Google isn't useful then nobody will use it.

The search engine and the ads are tightly coupled. A better search engine means it can predict with more accuracy what you are looking for and can serve you an even more targeted ad that increases the chance you'll click.

> If Google isn't useful then nobody will use it.

Or they'll continue to use it out of sheer inertia. Google is paying Apple $15 billion to keep its place as iOS default search engine.

IE6 didn't die overnight when Firefox arrived.

now Google try immitate a document system on your computer, usually I rely on Google know what I need:(

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