WebFusion - 10:18 pm on Nov 10, 2004 (gmt 0)

Imagine MSN's market share with a strong search function. It can't do anything but increase. Why would an MSN subscriber go to Google if they can get good results right at home?

Agreed. I get a ton of MSN traffic ALREADY. Once they make the switch to their own system (which, according to the tech preview, I appear to be doing very well in), and it gains momentum, Google could be in trouble.

Keep in mind the low-level of "techiness" of non-web professionals.

My mother loves the web...but she still to this day types her URLs in the google search box (only because I set it as her start page). Once MSN starts pushing search HARD, I think we'll see a big shift.

personally, I think the only long-term solution for Google is to purchase AOL.