Google keeps moving ahead. Virtually every week Google announces a new search initiative. Nothing seems to stop Google. Bill Gates fired a warning shot across the "Google Juggernaut" at Walter Mossberg's Digital Conference on Monday warning that Google will soon start falling back to the pack and that Microsoft's MSN will help with the slowdown. Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal had articles on Gates' comments in their respective Tuesday editions.

And then there is Exalead from France. This new French search engine got a solid review from Mary Ellen Bates in searchenginewatch.com (a JupiterWeb property). It is worth noting that while Google is in the lead, competition in Search is coming from far and wide. Whether it be Microsoft or Exalead, great efforts in manpower and money are still in the hunt to slow down or surpass Google. This means that the Search field is alive and well and has many miles and many years to run.