A tech issue taking shape in faraway US has captured the pole position of lead story in 3 Kolkata newspapers. All the 3 – The Telegraph, Times of India, and Economic Times – have quoted stats to speculate the outcome.
And so must be all the leading papers across the globe. [Image below source]
The issue is monumental for the online world. Microsoft seeks Yahoo’s hand to take on the monolith Google. From the tone of comments from those who keep tabs it appears Microsoft will acquire Yahoo, come what may.
Google is the king in both natural and paid search. According to Hitwise, Google’s search share in Nov ’07 was 65.1%, while comScore puts it at 61%.
In sharp contrast, both Yahoo and MSN (the Microsoft search-arm) lag far behind. Going by comScore figures, the coming together of the 2 will not pose any foreseeable threat to Google.
It may seem Google is invincible. At the moment it is so indeed. What the future holds is a guess not worth yet to spend time on.
Like this blog? Get daily posts by email.
Leave a Reply