Friday, May 28, 2004
LLRX -- Coming Soon - the Death of Search Engines? :
By Rita Vine
"News of Google�s initial public offering has turned the search engine business into headline news. Reports of the pending IPO have sent both big-name competitors and second tier search properties into a tizzy of activity and initiatives. Many of these smaller players hope against hope that Google will lose its edge as its employees, who cashed out big in the IPO, will pay more attention to their new Hummers than to the business. And over it all, rumors of a huge but mysterious play by Microsoft to outdo Google in the search/research wars linger in the background..."
By Rita Vine
"News of Google�s initial public offering has turned the search engine business into headline news. Reports of the pending IPO have sent both big-name competitors and second tier search properties into a tizzy of activity and initiatives. Many of these smaller players hope against hope that Google will lose its edge as its employees, who cashed out big in the IPO, will pay more attention to their new Hummers than to the business. And over it all, rumors of a huge but mysterious play by Microsoft to outdo Google in the search/research wars linger in the background..."
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