Microsoft Finally Gets Yahoo!!

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  1. David

    David Regular Member

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    YES FINALLY!!! Now hopefully they make a great push at a super strong number two in the search market and bring some more balance to the SE field!! Microsoft, Yahoo team up to ding Google with Bing - Yahoo! News
     
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  2. OneUpDave

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    We shall see......

    I think this should be a nice challenge for Google, as they appear to have been pretty padded in their number one spot. I didn't even know that people still used Yahoo! search. :P
     
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  3. Wayne Luke

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    And like that Microsoft moves from 8.4% of all worldwide searches to about 30% of all worldwide searches. Google is still ahead at about 60% but their lead was already falling from its estimated high of 80% so we'll see what happens.

    Numbers in the articles are off compared to June Results.
     
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    I don't think I'm ever going to say "I'll Bing it" Bing doesn't have the same ring as Google.
     
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    Google>Bing!
     
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    As per this 10 year deal, search on Yahoo's websites will be generated by Microsoft's Bing search engine and MS's adcentre will also replace Yahoo's Panama.

    I guess the deal should work really well as Yahoo has a relatively good audience while MS has a better product in Bing!

    If one plus one indeed adds up to two, together they would hold roughly 30% of the US search market, still lagging way behind google's share of 78%!
    Looks like... even though it is small but it surely is an important first step! :)
     
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    Wayne Luke, Aug 3, 2009
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    I wonder how Yahoo company culture will deal with the anti-microsoft sentiments that must still exist there.
     
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