Conventional wisdom says that when a market consolidates from three big players to two, competition suffers. But for online advertisers watching the Microsoft-Yahoo deal unfold on Wednesday, some observers said the reverse may be true.

That's partly because of the unusual nature of the online ad business, particularly for search advertising. Google is so dominant in this world that "competition" may not be the word for what Microsoft and Yahoo are able to offer today.

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