While the Microsoft bid to buy Yahoo is long gone, its results seem to be lingering, as both Microsoft and Yahoo have lost search market share to Google since the failed merger was announced nearly 6 months ago. The Hitwise numbers--showing Google with 70.7% market share--just underscore how far both Microsoft and Yahoo (nevermind Cuil) need to go in order to break into Google's search lead. That 70.7% number could be a turning point.
It brings Google precipitously close to monopoly market share, and it puts Microsoft even further in the hole as it tries to compete against Google for cloud-computing hearts and minds. Microsoft is used to cutting huge leads down to size (Netscape), but it doesn't seem to have the strategy or technologies in place this time around.
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