Google is crying and complaining about Micro/Yahoo.

[lpstong]

Yup. Google is already crying afoul about the Microsofts intentions of buying Yahoo. Google is saying that if Microsoft does buy Yahoo that it is going against a lot of Anti Trust suit issues. And goes against open competition.

I say so what. Really, what is it to Google anyways. They - Google, are the top SE of the world right? They are so great and wonderful to the webmaster community and are so user friendly right? Their earnings have been remarkable. Their investments are beneficial to the company. Users prefer them and traffic to them is 3 fold vs the other SE's right?

So why does it really matter to Google. Will the buyout make Google have to work better at being #1? Or do they really think they have something to lose? Or can I say jealous Google that Microsoft is getting to Yahoo first.

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080203/yahoo_microsoft_google.html

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News) fired back on Sunday at Microsoft Corp's (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo Inc (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News), accusing Microsoft of seeking to extend its computer software monopoly deeper into the Internet realm.

David Drummond, a Google senior vice president and its chief legal officer, said in a blog post that the combination of Microsoft and Yahoo could undermine the open competition that has fueled more than a decade of Web innovation.

"Between them, the two companies operate the two most heavily trafficked portals on the Internet," Drummond wrote in a blog post to be published at http://googleblog.blogspot.com.

"Could a combination of the two take advantage of a PC software monopoly to unfairly limit the ability of consumers to freely access competitors' email, IM, and Web-based services?" he asked rhetorically, noting that Microsoft has a history of using its monopoly positions to dominate newer, adjacent markets.

The Google executive called on policymakers around the world to challenge the merger. In making its case for the deal on Friday, Microsoft executives said Google -- not Microsoft -- was the one company antitrust regulators were likely to bar from buying Yahoo based on Google's dominance in Web search.

 

[Fka200]

This is going to be extremely interesting. I'm curious as hell to see how things unfold.

 

[thebutler]

Forget Google

Imagine how much all the smaller search engines feel?

 

[TheBulldog]

This is hardly unexpected.

 

[shaelheart]

Normal behavior of Giant corporations.
Microsoft was complaining of Google's acquisition of DoubleClick.
Not it's Google's turn to complain.

 

[nicholas]

Interesting to see Google spooked.

They're not used to being on this side of the game.

 

[namenut]

It's all a part of the master plan .....


microogle.com


muaaahaaahahahaaa aaa ahahahahaha
heheheheheeeheehehehehehe

 

[talvehtia]

Man, I can't imagine a Yahoo under Microsoft's control. I hope if Mic buy Yahoo, they don't try to use their boring blue web-designs and styles on Yahoo. That'll just kill Yahoo with that all blue and gray colors

 

[AzN]

Would be funny is Google would just buy Yahoo and screw Micro :tu:

 

[Dreads]

After Microsoft gets yahoo.. they should take AOL.. that way they basically own the instant messaging world lol
and i wonder what google say then lol
thats just my 2 cents

 

[mwzd]

MS+Y!+eBay&PP+AOL << Google.

But google is looking in the wrong direction, the kick in their pants is going to come from smaller publishers, who actually make up the larger percentage of profits for them.

They are paying scant attention to revenues earned by these... while charging more and more for each click on adwords.

Won't be surprised to see someone come in with a higher degree of transparency and less greed than google currently has and takes away all the profits that G uses to plump up its balance sheet.

Their targeting technology is no longer the best in any case.

Who thinks adsense revenues are nowhere close to what they should be getting, lets have a notional 'show of hands'...

 

[lpstong]

MS+Y!+eBay&PP+AOL << Google.

But google is looking in the wrong direction, the kick in their pants is going to come from smaller publishers, who actually make up the larger percentage of profits for them.
...

Its funny that you mentioned Ao'ell. Cause apparently Yahoo rejected Microsofts bid. And now this morning it is looking like that Yahoo might merge with AOL