Many folks over at DigitalPoint forums are discussing what effect the possible buyout of Yahoo by Microsoft will have on the SEO industry but most, including myself think it is a positive step to help combat Google’s complete dominance over the search industry.

Here are a few relevant posts on the topic:

swedal; A merger between msn and Yahoo could be a way to create a company which could better compete with Google.  That would probably be a ways down the road and a offer to buy is a long way from an actual merger.

SilkySmooth; Niether MSN nor Yahoo were able to compete against Google as individual entities, merging them together wont change anything. IMO.

popotalk; Lets put this in numbers. If both MSN and Yahoo competed and nothing happened then an outcome of 0 would be put in place. Therefore 0 + 0 = 0.  Silky is right there won’t be a change.

jg123; I don’t think that is accurate, MSN has 10% of searches, Yahoo has 20% and Google around 60%…so together they get closer to being a legitimate competitor for Google. I don’t think this merger will have any effect directly on the directory industry but it does put both those companies in a better position to challenge Google, which is a good thing IMO.

As you can see, lots of opposing views and a very interesting topic.

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