This document discusses how Google, Yahoo!, and MSN have flattened the world through search and access to information. It defines "in-forming" as an individual's ability to build their own personal supply chain of knowledge through searching. Google is seen as a flattener because it provides equal access to research information for anyone with an internet connection. While later to the market than others, Google became better through constantly improving its search algorithms. It also became hugely profitable by creating a targeted advertising model around users' search interests. The document discusses how Yahoo! Groups allows people to gather online around shared topics regardless of location. It explains how today's consumers are more efficient finders of information and better connected to their interests through these technologies.