Behind Google's public attacks claiming Bing is copying results lies the fact that the search giant is worried about Bing as a competitor.
Source:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/218726/google_considers_bing_a_serious_threat.html
Google might be looking at Facebook as a bit more of a threat today with the news that new comScore numbers put Facebook ahead of the search giant in time spent on the sites.
Facebook just inched past Google in August 2010, while Yahoo continued to fall below the others. These numbers include all the sites run by the respective companies.It's not completely surprising this has happened as Facebook is a notorious time vortex. Many of Google's sites, like the search pages, are used to find information and lead the user to other sites. Facebook is all about bringing information into one place to keep users there. Yahoo's fall is interesting considering the huge number of sites they run.
Source:
http://respectedadmins.com/other/facebook-google-passes-in-time-spent-on-the-sites/
EMI, the music giant controlled by Guy Handss Terra Firma, lost a staggering 1.8bn last year leaving it in desperate need of a 120m cash injection to stave off lender Citigroup from taking control of the business.
