Well, it looks like Ask.com is going to mothball Teoma and start using Google as their search engine.  I'm thinking that Search Engine Strategies, later this month in New York City, is going to be more interesting this year due to all the changes going on in the Search Industry - there will be a lot to talk about.

TechCrunch reported Ask.com May Dump Teoma For Google, Layoff 100 People and I created a post about what that means (to me) - Ask.com getting rid of Teoma and moving to Google?

Here's the problem - if everyone except Google and Yahoo give up on Search we'll end up with Google being even more of what it already is -  a monopoly.

History has shown us Monopoly is not conducive to growth - we need competition in order to grow - but if everyone throws in the towel and lets Google run everything -it'll mirror very much what's happened in the world stage where United States was/is the only remaining Superpower.  

And you know how that worked out so far.  That's why Ask.com should not get rid of Teoma and be moving to Google and why it'll be interesting to see who ends up owning Yahoo, Microsoft or someone else.