Is Google Too Powerful?

[mandy]

As the Web giant tears through media, software, and telecom, rivals fear its growing influence. Now they're fighting back...

That simple little search box we all use every day? As the place nearly 400 million people each month start on the Internet, it's the No. 1 gateway to the Net's vast commercial potential. With more data on what people are searching for, Google can serve up the most targeted and relevant advertisements alongside the results, drawing more clicks, more cash, more users—you get the idea. Consumers love Google's simplicity and results, which is why it draws 56% of all searches. No wonder eager advertisers shoveled some $10.6 billion into Google's coffers last year, up an astonishing 73% from 2005. If you can believe it, Google's $144 billion market value tops that of Time Warner (TWX ), Viacom (VIA ), CBS (CBS ), ad agency giant Publicis Groupe (PUB ), and the New York Times Co. (NYT ) combined...

full article: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/con...029001.htm

[jezebel]

Is Google Too Powerful?

yes

[BellisimaJ.]

I love Google, but yes, it is.