Japanese Search Targets U.S. Counterparts

According to the proverb "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," search competitors Google, Yahoo, and MSN would do well to band together in the face of a new threat. Thirty Japanese companies, with the support of the Japanese government, are joining up to create a competing search engine. Hitachi Ltd., Fujitsu Ltd., and the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone group are just a few of the major players involved in the new cooperative effort. There is apparently a concern over the fact that world's top three search engines are all based in the U.S., and the Japanese group seeks to alter this reality with their offering. The hope of ending that monopoly of sorts is one reason why the Japanese government stepped in to provide funding. The government, and the group, also disapproved of Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web Technorati: Doug is a staff writer for murdok for the latest eBusiness news.