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David Bruce Jr on 20 Jan 10Google will spider the old, inaccurate listing and might store the wrong data in it's cache. Google has a vested interest in ensuring Yahoo stays afloat: the Obamunists would have a anti-trust field day if Yahoo "went away". Search is THE number one ultimate tool that nearly everyone uses virtually every day. "Google It" is now considered to be a verb, everyone knows what that means. * 80% percent of all internet traffic begins with a search engine; what is more dramatic is that even when users know what they're looking for many prefer to type into the search box of some search engine rather than type a URL into the browser. * 73% of internet users perform searches several times a week. * Local search and local results constitute 84% of total search volume. * 81% of users begin their internet experience at the search engine. Astounding Fact: even when people know where they want to go, they still type a query into a search box! The search box seems more inviting than the browser url box, many people aren't even aware that they can type a url into the browser, the assumption is that a search box is preferable to the browser