Forgive the pun, but this seems to be the likely immediate reaction of Google on Yahoo!’s announcement that it has given up the battle against Google for market dominance.
What made the once dominant search engine throw in the towel this early is quite surprising. “We don’t think it’s reasonable to assume we’re going to gain a lot of share from Google,” Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker said in an interview. “It’s not our goal to be No. 1 in Internet search. We would be very happy to maintain our market share.”