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Business Week On Desktop Search Economics

Posted by timothy on from the you-mean-they-want-money-too dept.

prostoalex writes "Business Week responds to the recent announcement by Yahoo! to join the ever-competitive desktop search field and asks whether any money will be made in giving away free utilities for desktop search. Apparently, beyond the intangible benefit of brand loyalty (which on the Internet probably doesn't amount to a whole lot), the only way to make money off the desktop search engines, as Business Week sees it, is to show related ads, which is bound to bring up some privacy issues."

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FP

  2. Re:Once again, money money money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Suck it down Linux !

  3. Re:Once again, money money money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thou SHANT speak nary an unkind word of the Linux!!!

  4. ccock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    members' creative di5gust, or been I'm sick of it. can really ask of bunch of retarded balance is struck,