10-12-2006, 09:41 AM
Quote:As the World Wide Web evolves into a collection of Web services, one or two huge players could come to dominate retail search. Gartner analyst Hung LeHong laid out that scenario at the annual Gartner Symposium/ITxpo here.
"It's a scary scenario. A few major players could take over Web 2.0," said LeHong, suggesting that a merged entity such as Google and Amazoncall it Googazoncould mediate half of all online transactions.
LeHong termed such a role "pretailing," or serving as the place where consumers would search for a vendor and compare prices and special offers before buying...
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