Microsoft merger with Yahoo
In the new today Microsoft is again making an offer to Yahoo. This 44.6 BILLION dollar merger offer which was announced on the 2nd of February would be a monumental combination. Today there is even talks that Microsoft may up their offer to make the deal even more irressitable to Yahoo.
What would a merget like this mean to the internet. Google has dominated the search engine market for the past several years with no real competition. Some of the search engines simply went out of business, other have bought content from Google, and though Yahoo would be the closest competitor the competition isnt even close. Can the power and resources or Microsoft turn this around? Would Microsoft be able to do to Google like they did to resently shut down Netscape that was once the standard for web browsers?
As an internet user this really only means two possible outcomes to you. Option one is that the new Micsrosoft owned Yahoo would need to learn the lesson of relevant content and provide much more accurate and relevant results. This seems to be something that currently only Google has been able to provide. The other option is that Google will listen to their customers and step up to a much greater level of customer service then it has had to date.
In either of these cases you will be the real winner. Better quality and reliabilty and/or better service is always a good thing.
