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I've always thought of it like this: Bitcoin:Cryptocurrency::Yahoo:InternetSearchEngines

Cryptocurrencies have a strong future, but I don't think Bitcoin has much of one. Yahoo had its early glory, but it declined as other search engines solved its problems.

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Yahoo is doing just fine

As of early/mid-2014, their share of the search market hit its lowest ever of 10% of the market. My stats for my web properties paint an even worse picture.

As a company they're doing fine because the market size is growing and they're getting aggressive about paid search, not by being technically superior.

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