Marketing Pilgrim

Greg Linden offers his thoughts on how Microsoft can put a hurting on Google. Sparked by this comment in the New York Times (sub)…

Mr. Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and chairman, paused, looked down at his folded hands and smiled broadly, as if enjoying a private joke. “Nah,” he replied, “we’ll do something different.”

Greg suggests…

It seems like Microsoft could do a fair amount of damage here by trying to drive the share the advertising engine takes in this deal to near zero. To do that, it just needs to launch its own AdSense-like product and be willing to set its take to its breakeven point.

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