Death of Search Engines?

Interesting article by search engine research guru Rita Vine on LLRX: "Coming Soon - the Death of Search Engines?". Her thesis is that search engines are becoming too big and inefficient, and that people are tiring of looking through pages and pages of mediocre results. She also comments on the effect of advertising and where all of this is heading. I've already heard others repeating these arguments--coming soon to a meme nearest you!