Microsoft beats google in facebookdeal

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VGKing said:

disolitude said:
This will add some much needed search market share to Bing - Yahoo but in a grand scheme of things, this really doesn't hurt Google very much.

Now if Apple goes ahead and dumps Google search on the iphone/ipad like they did with maps and replaces it with Facebook + Bing + Yahoo search or some home cooked search engine, Google has a real problem on their hands.

Don't see why Apple would do that as Windows Phone is a competitor. So might as well use the best search engine out there, Google.

Even if they do drop it, there are millions of android devices out there.

It's because Android is seriously cramping Apples style with android and a lot of the data mining user is known for comes from the iphone itself. It all comes down to who owns the search data...which is Google currently on the iphone.  I'm sure Microsoft if desperate enough would gladly give control to all search data with Apple in order to get Google off iPhone. 

Speaking of "best" search engine,  this new Facebook Graph search offers things even mighty Google can't match. Facebook reach is massive and if you are a facebook user (89% of iPhoe users are) you can search for things like..." What restourant do my friends go to when they are in Paris". Google has nothing to they can offer at the moment to match that level of personalization.

But I agree, as a standalone search, Google is best.