By Chris Bucholtz

A lot of you (and I mean A LOT) have already become part of the Inside CRM Expert Group on LinkedIn, and you probably received an email that asked this question:

Google has been actively partnering with Salesforce.com recently. Knowing that no one interfaces with more customers online than Google, what do you think is their long-term strategy in the CRM market

Actually, if you want to see it in its original form on our “Ask the Experts” forum – or if you want to give your own answer to that question – take a peek here. We received more than a dozen very thoughtful answers, and our analysts picked three they thought you should pay especially close attention to: Bart Hermans, Jared Vestal and Jeff Lionz. I could synopsize their answers – but why? Their opinions typify the high caliber of people in the Experts Group.

If you haven’t been to the “Ask the Experts” section, take a look – and post a question or two. You can rest assured of a good answer or three for your trouble.