Could Diller out-fox the search engines?


	Could Diller out-fox the search engines?

egoldstein

10-18-2005 12:36 AM

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diller, search, google, microsoft, yahoo, interactive corp

egoldstein says:

I'm looking forward to seeing how Ask finds new ways to approach search. Clearly, there are many things that could be done to make the user experience better. I wouldn't put it past Diller to figure out a way to become a serious player. The parallels to the days of CBS, NBC and ABC are interesting to say the least.

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10-18-2005 12:34 PM

egoldstein

a low blow!!! but well deserved i guess

10-18-2005 12:35 PM

egoldstein

they've been reversed...thanks for the heads up there jrose320.

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