Yahoo blended search [searchmarketinggurus.com]
For yahoo to be feature-friendly of competitor's ads, it's gonna help yahoo users to receive the best and most relevant results.
This tactic which is different from google's feature-unfriendly competitor's videos will only have a significant impact in the long-run.
Will yahoo continue with it's feature-friendliness? What if video ads start to make a prominence in the cut-throat advertising industry? What then? Will yahoo persists in helping out the likes of google in getting more viewers for their ads?
Ofcourse, it makes google look like a stuck-up kid who goes around bragging that it's the best and that users don't have to rely on other search engines and other video sites for their videos searches. Subliminal messages? And does being hostile towards competitors, gets more users hooked on google's sites and in the long run, through mindless and repetitive usage, brand loyalty? Is it better to manipulate users into being loyal than through providing higher quality service?
Yes. Cuz we make it so easy for Google.