Does yahoo and msn together can beat google in search industry ?

[webmastero]

At this point, I think that the only one that can hurt Google, is Google itself.

Over the past few years, there's been a grumbling of sorts (if you could call it that) by people who aren't necessarily getting what they want with regard to local info and search.

The large indices (Yahoo, Google) have gotten the message .. albeit somewhat .. that something needs to be done on more of a local level with regard to search.

Both Yahoo and Google have implemented certain plans to address the local search questions, but it's felt that not enough still, is being done.

Google, somehow thinks it's enough to list sites like local.developer.com and mytravelguide.com in the top results to handle the kinds of local queries that are going on. If you visit these kinds of sites, #1, you would not find what you want, and #2, there are no down and dirty direct local listings .. only summations .. people don't like those kinds of results.

Over the past few years, small, local, search entities have been popping up that are intimate with the needs of their local communities. I can see this progressing over time, and it may not necessarily bring any major search engines down, per se, but they may cut into the revenue flow to the larger search engines over time, and hamper their ability to sell local advertising.