Google wont need to merge with any company in the immediate future. It dominates the web industry in pretty much every way possible. They have most people in their web of services email, search, advertising etc etc...they already have established themselves as the number 1 company on the internet...whatever they build people flock to. If google built an auction site, ebay would immediately have serious competition..you cant say that about yahoo auctions.
man, have you seen a super wal-mart? you need a search engine to find what you're looking for in there. if you don't already know where it's at, you'll unintentially walk a marathon by the time you check out.
haha yea you can get lost in there. A search engine right when you go in would be nice. Maybe google could integrate that