TypicalSurfer - 12:35 pm on Oct 20, 2012 (gmt 0)

The shift from desktop to mobile may not bode well for google.

Google may be on its way out as the dominant player in search, according to one analyst — and could even "disappear" in as little as five to eight years if the competitive pressures that ultimately claimed other search giants start to take root.

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"The question is, is that move going to degrade the service, is that sort of the tip of the iceberg?" he said. "And are we going to start to see paid search results in other areas of Google and is that going to degrade the experience?"

[cnbc.com...]

Will googles advertising overlay on web search make web search useless for users?