One of the reasons Yahoo fell to the side when Google came along was that the big Y spread itself too thin. Instead of focusing on it's search and directory it tried to become everything to everyone.
Google is now doing the same thing and I bet over the long haul it hurts them. Google got to it's lofty position by focusing solely on search technology and as much as some of their new gadgets and gizmos are cool, Google should be careful to not lose sight of the real reason they are on top.
