Jacques Chirac isn't experiencing a very good beginning to his new year. Data suggests that France is becoming even less relevant within the blogosphere, and now reports have surfaced that the nation's joint search engine venture with Germany is about to go under.
piece touches on the original plans:
Germany and France initially discussed committing $1.3 billion to $2.6 billion to Quaero over five years. The project was to have been paid for by the French and German governments, with contributions from technology companies in the two countries.
In an odd, yet amusing bit of irony, it appears the Germans have stuck it to the French yet again. Go figure.
But why are the French so interested in challenging Google in the first place?
Perhaps it's because of the search engine's shifting focus toward blogs and user generated content. Steve Bryant at 
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