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Article: Google Gmail jousting.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 11, 2004
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Byline: Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Google Internet search engine embodies the classic tale of the garage-based startup taking on industry Goliaths (like Yahoo) and winning. Upcoming is a likely $25 billion initial public offering.
But Google isn't without detractors. Some fear Google's supposed market dominance. Still others object to the particular mechanics of Google's search technology, which ranks a given Web page based on the number of other pages linking to it. Some even think Google tinkers inappropriately with search results. But Google was vindicated after being sued by rival Search King, which alleged ...