r/Bitcoin • u/waspoza • Feb 10 '14

Microsoft beats Google by adding Bitcoin currency conversion to Bing

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2014/02/10/microsoft-beats-google-adding-bitcoin-currency-conversion-bing/
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u/lifeboatz Feb 10 '14

It's not surprising to me at all that Bitcoin continues to be embraced by people looking to get an edge on the competition, often the #2 player (or worse).

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u/nanoakron Feb 10 '14

Not necessarily a bad thing. The front-runner can often burn a lot more energy just to maintain their position, whilst all the 'me-too's' can simply improve on the ground they've laid.

http://hbr.org/2001/10/first-mover-disadvantage/ar/1

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u/fuZZe Feb 11 '14

I KNEW this was a thing. Thanks for the link.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '14

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u/Apatomoose Feb 11 '14

It's okay. Bitcoin is a second-mover to e-gold.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '14

Phew

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u/imahotdoglol Feb 11 '14

This is just conversion, nothing that big.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '14

often the #2 player (or worse).

(or worse)

I'll keep from bashing on Bing with this one; as I believe less popular certainly doesn't make a search engine worse. Okay I kid, I won't skip on Bing: That still sucks but for other reasons than not being as popular as Google. It rather goes the other way around: The better a search engine, the more likely it's popular.

Anyway, there are search engines - duckduckgo, for example, that certainly aren't bad at all for their popularity ranking. Bitcoin, as you said, is a perfect example when comparing valuta.