Can Icahn Or Microsoft Stop Google's "Natural Monopoly" by Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land (May 14)
Compilation of stories about Carl Icahn's purchase of Yahoo shares. Speculation is that it is to put the Yahoo - Microsoft deal back in play. But for what purpose? Sullivan reiterates his view that Microsoft does not get search and should hand reins to Yahoo.
And yet, who can counter the huge headwind that Google has now?
Sullivan concludes -- "The bottom line is this. I don't think Google will have a "natural monopoly" forever in search, as a reporter asked me about today. My response was that I'm sure they're going to climb higher because search remains at their core and both their main competitors are pretty troubled. Maybe they will hit the 90% share in the US that Jason Calacanis predicted earlier this year."
And then what?
Posted by Gwen at May 16, 2008 12:59 PM