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   thecaptain, Jul 27th, 2005 @ 4:49am

   
   

   It only matters when you remember how internet UNsavvy the average user is.
   
   Most business class people are your regular execs, sales guys and managers and if MY company's any indication, they don't know the difference between e-mail, word and the web.
   
   One was so bad, until recently, he couldn't understand that google was a web page and has to have icons installed he can click on to open another browser so he can start the "search application thingy"...he doesn't understand the concept of bookmarks either so he has 3-4 dozen icons on this desktop to various sites.

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   Michael, Jul 27th, 2005 @ 6:08am

   
   

   thecaptain has basically nailed, as did you somewhere in there. It's partly because a large percentage of users, even today, will use what's put in front of them. Show them Yahoo!, and they'll use Yahoo! And it generally for the PR win. A few techies will say "So they have the home page? So what?" The rest of the world will see an ever-expanding Yahoo! empire and will give that much more thought to buying stock.

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   redirecting?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jul 27th, 2005 @ 7:30am

   
   

   I could see them blind-proxy redirecting queries to non-Yahoo! search-engines to the 'exclusive' Yahoo! Connexions search... remember: when it comes to airlines and record companies, no tactic is too sleezy for the 'win'.
   -C

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   The entire internet?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jul 27th, 2005 @ 12:18pm

   
   

   Who says Boeing is going to allow access to the entire internet?

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