Google vs Facebook

The cluster centers on debates comparing Google and Facebook's business models, innovation, societal impacts, advertising strategies, and competitive strengths, with many arguing why one outperforms or surpasses the other.

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Sample Comments

evolighting Nov 30, 2017 View on HN

That why google is there. If it is facebook, things would be different

skbohra123 Oct 6, 2010 View on HN

and this makes me believe why facebook can't be Google

balakc Jul 8, 2011 View on HN

FB giving Google a run for its money

johnwheeler Dec 7, 2022 View on HN

Why is Facebook any worse than Google?

DodgyEggplant Mar 31, 2012 View on HN

This single url explains why Google will NEVER catch-up Facebook

gonzo41 Jul 6, 2022 View on HN

Well replace google with Facebook and Apple. Google just wants you to click adds.

skybrian Jul 12, 2019 View on HN

Why do you think Google knows more than Facebook?

0x008 Oct 13, 2023 View on HN

Google and Facebook are not interested in pooling all their resources in order to build the next big thing. They are just interested in doing “enough” so that people keep using their platforms. The race is about how often a day every person on the planet spends on either google or Facebook/instagram. It’s about who is “the homepage of the internet”. They just need to be good enough so that traffic doesn’t move off to chat gpt.

ignifero Jun 30, 2011 View on HN

Google may succeed, because facebook fails to innovate. Facebook has been focusing too much on the broader web but the website itself has been watered down to a newsfeed that is getting more and more bloated by the day. Saturation is gonna be a problem with google too, but google is far better at removing spam and promoting interesting posts. Also, google is not being aggressive about inviting your friends over, in contrast to facebook, which has, from the onset, been extremely aggressive toward

wilfra Sep 24, 2012 View on HN

This is far more true of Google > Facebook than Apple > Google.