Last week we talked about Googles Metaweb acquisition, asking if this was an effort for Google to stem the tide of search innovation creeping up around it.

Stephen Arnold wrote an interesting piece basically saying that maybe Google’s innovation has peaked. More accurately, Google’s “internal engineering solutions don’t work in the morphing social search world.”

One thing Google has always had an eye for is smart and talented people. It makes sense that the incumbent–and perhaps vulnerable because of it–search leader would look to find innovators to carry it through this industry evolution. Churning and recruiting–or acquiring–the talent isn’t usually a bad thing.