mack - 12:43 am on Oct 30, 2009 (gmt 0)

Ask would probably be a wise purchase, especially if they drop the search side if things, and just feed it with Bing results. They could then replace Google ads with adverts from Yahoo! Not only do they gain. Little bit of market share, they also cost Google a not insignificant partner. It's a bit of a double edged sword.

It's the smaller players that Microsoft can simply swallow up that will win them market placement.

Mack.