> More important to Google, it looked as if it could offer a new way to search for information on the internet. I'd scratch "new" from that sentence. If it was

> More important to Google, it looked as if it could offer a new way to search for information on the internet. I'd scratch "new" from that sentence. If it was simply another option for searching, Google would not be worried. They've been milking their monopoly on search for years to sell ads, trading off the quality of search results for years, to the point that Google's useless for a wide range of searches. Now they're looking at a competitor that actually gives users what they need and they know they're screwed.