Yes the Google monopoly will end, simply because no company dominates forever. It's just a matter of when.
the microsoft-yahoo combine , if it happens(chances are quite remote though) , will that be able to topple google..??
google can't monopolize the web. only its search engine is profitable and it only has PR to boast of. i think they are just lucky.
Google will continue it's dominance as the most popular search engine for a long time to come. Currently I do not think that anyone can compete with google.
I'm sure people will keep trying to develop and innovate and overtake google. But right now they've continued to develop rapidly and utilise their position to recover top coders and developers - meaning they're always a step ahead from the competition.
i don't think Google will be stop by anyone, Google is too powerful now. When people talk about searching online they will just simply say: I've Google on it..... Google will become evil when it reach the giant size like Microsoft.
No one will stop them. But maybe things will shift. A few years ago Microsoft was THE enemy. Now Apple lost parts of it´s good image by it´s policy and Google is the "enemy" and enormous data-collector.