Originally posted on April 21, 2006 @ 8:30 am
As the movers, shakers, and thinkers of the search industry convene in Boston this Sunday for the start of the 11th annual Search Engine Meeting, the thunder at what has traditionally been a quasi-academic think-in is threatened to be stolen by — what else? — Google.
The OneBox announcement this week by the search colossus coupled with reports that eBay is talking with Microsoft and Yahoo about teaming up to combat Google’s momentum dominated pre-conference chatter.
Source: TechWeb
eBay is talking with Microsoft and Yahoo about teaming up to combat Google? That’s just crazy talk if you ask me!
Why wouldn’t eBay go to Google and try to team up with them instead? Why hasn’t Google contacted eBay about teaming up? Hmm… maybe they have?! Dun Dun DUN!!!
We need to keep an eye on this story for sure. It reminds me of the regional telephone company wars from 10+ years ago… who will be the dominate phone company? who will handle the lines? who will be the cheapest long distance provider?