FrenchGuy - 6:40 pm on Jan 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

"Traditionally the bigger company makes the smaller competitor an offer it cannot refuse, then closes it down!"

-> Well, as a would-like-to-be-GG-Premium-Listings-custumer with the appropriate budget, when I see how difficult it is to buy this, just because the GG commercial teams are either "overflowed" or unmotivated, I think FAST could try to fill in this commercial gap... at least in Europe where FAST can bring nice convertions to B2B sites...

The market needs at least two or three alternatives to Google. Monopoly is undemocratic. Competition would be an advantage to Google itself - it would wake up its commercial teams... As far as quality is concerned the alternatives do exist already - FAST and Teoma for instance.