Google and Microsoft settle row - season of good will?

[temi]

Microsoft and Google are locking horns in China
Google has reached an out-of-court settlement with Microsoft after the two companies clashed over a controversial appointment in China.
Microsoft sued Google, claiming it had violated non-competition agreements after its hiring of Kai-fu Lee to head its research operation in China.

full story: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4556132.stm

 

[PrivateInvestigator]

it's turnign into a global war between these two. If yahoo doesn't try and get in on the action it could see itself gong the way of lycos.

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Yahoo is actually the biggest search engine on the planet (market share). They are a couple of points above Google. MSN is a tiny little player.

 

[temi]

Yahoo is actually the biggest search engine on the planet (market share). They are a couple of points above Google. MSN is a tiny little player.

OWG,
Could you please shed more ligh on the above info, market share in what sense?

Thanks

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Share of search market. Yahoo is around 48% Google 47% with the others getting the rest.

The difference is though that Google delivers a shedload more traffic with its share than Yahoo does.

In the UK Google has about 70% of search share though, it is Much higher than the rest of the world.

 

[temi]

Thanks for that explanation OWG

 

[PrivateInvestigator]

I thought google was above yahoo in marketshare.

Isn't google usually the first webpage most people see when they log onto the net (homepage)? Also, I think more people know about google than yahoo - you know PR?

 

[temi]

PR is only know among webmaster community, an average search engine user does not give a monkey about PR

 

[OldWelshGuy]

I thought google was above yahoo in marketshare.

Isn't google usually the first webpage most people see when they log onto the net (homepage)? Also, I think more people know about google than yahoo - you know PR?

In the UK Google is far and away ahead.

Many people use BT/Yahoo, or they use the yahoo portal facilities. In these cases it is yahoo that is searched.

As for more people knwing about google than yahoo well the stats don't lie do they. Yahoo has been around a lot longer, and also owns all theweb, altavista etc. These all count towards the Yahoo! marketshare stats.

 

[Paul_KY]

Anyone hear the rumor, Google may be releasing its own computer, with an OS of its own, with a price tag right under $200?

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Yes, and it will have a built in advertising system that can not be removed. I read about this earlier this week.

 

[PrivateInvestigator]

wow first time I heard that!

Hopefully it'll help people in 3rd world countries get connected - though I doubt they'd have any money to buy anything from the advertsing.

 

[Paul_KY]

I bet Steve Balmer about chit his pants on this rumor. lol