[illume]

A friend of mine was kicked off google ads. Now he can't find anyone else to replace them with.

Monopoly.

[axod]

It's a monopoly as far as the 'competition' is unbelievably lame.

The story of overture + yahoo etc is amazing.

[wensing]

What about Quigo? http://www.quigo.com

[Herring]

Being a monopoly isnt illegal. Making an excellent product isnt illegal. The problem is using that monopoly for anticompetitive ends, eg pushing competitors out of other markets (Netscape).

[blackguardx]

Yes it is. Research Alcoa

[Herring]

I just did & unless I'm missing something, Alcoa was sued for anticompetitive practices.

[zepolen]

Do you mean Adsense?

Why can't he find anyone to replace them?

[pixcavator]

Yahoo and MS won’t give you enough traffic. And I am not saying "they won’t give you same traffic for same money". No, they simply don’t have enough searches, in my experience.