Search Engine Placement

Software Megacorp Microsoft made a bid of 44.6 billion to buyout Yahoo Inc today, in a move that could change the face of the search marketing industry. Right now Google is king with over 58.4% of online searches, with Yahoo trailing at 22.9% and MSN further behind with just 9.8%. If MSN does take over Yahoo, search engine placement companies, like us, will certainly have to change our strategies to focus on top rankings on the new MSN.
As it stands right now, most search marketers focus on Google & Yahoo search engine placement as that makes up for most of the searches. I wonder if MSN will incorporate Yahoo’s more sophisticated search engine algorithms or if MSN will take the lead.