Google's seven-year itch: Challenges Ahead

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Despite its success, Google, which celebrated its seventh anniversary in September, faces many challenges. How it deals with those challenges will determine whether the company will still be considered a winner seven years from now.

For starters, it faces white-hot competition in its core search market from Yahoo and Microsoft, as well as from nimble start ups, such as Blinkx. While it fights to protect its territory in search, Google is also venturing into other areas, which could lead it to lose its focus...

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