Google Worried About Microsoft’s Browser Advantage? What Advantage?
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Maybe there is honestly nothing for Google to worry about after all? I mean, below we have another way to look at this entire IE - Google mess.
I was off yesterday (it was a holiday in England), so I merrily missed the fireworks over Google’s objections to Microsoft’s plans for search in Internet Explorer 7. Nevertheless, a few calls from reporters penetrated my holiday bubble, and I added a brief note with my thoughts below Barry’s post about the news. But today, I wanted to more formally revisit the issue. In short, I find Google’s concerns pretty overblown, somewhat hypocritical and most important, worry over something that’s not likely going to hurt them.
I am nauseatingly exhausted by idea that Microsoft will conjure up some magical method of yanking people into its MSN Windows Live Whatever You Want To Call It search service via the Windows operating system or the Internet Explorer browser. Microsoft has failed for years to be successful in this, which is why it’s amazing anyone would still believe it.
In the longer version of this post for Search Engine Watch members, I revisit the tired facts in more depth…. Source: Search Engine Watch
