Well, the paperwork hasn’t even been signed and dated yet, but the inevitable slanging match between Google and MicroHoo! has already begun, with big G taking the first pot shot over on their official blog.

Citing Microsoft’s history of etablishing “proprietary monopolies” within the market, Senior Vice President David Drummond explains that the merger between the two minnows to Google’s shark (at least in search revenue terms) could hinder the “competitive innovation” of the internet.

But wait, is this seriously a spokesperson for Google, the company that have successfully monopolised virtually the entire search realm, to the point that “googling” has become to “searching” what “hoovering” is to “vacuuming”. The same Google that has webmasters stressing over whether “paid advertising” is going to kill not only their site but their entire business, just because Google doesn’t like them? Read more