I was just having a look at the BBC new headlines today morning, when the talk about Yahoo and Microsoft potentially pairing up caught my eye. Obviously this was a step taken to curb the rise of Google in the web search market, and shares of Yahoo has gone up by 14% as a result of this. What do you people think about it? Love to hear your opinions.
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Jump to PostI seriously doubt Google would be in any way affected by this tie up. I mean come on, when we think of search, we think of Google. I have even see lots of people use the term 'Google it'.
And with the power of innovative thinking at its side …
Jump to PostI don't see it happening, at least not given the current status of each company. Microsoft is already pouring a ton of money into their search, and they are quickly improving their product. I can't see them gaining anything by integrating Yahoo's search. The benefit for Microsoft AFAICT would be …
Jump to Post1 decent search engine + another decent search engine != double traffic
Some people use both search engines. Some will be annoyed at a search engine that has way more features than they need, and leave. Either way, it's not going to be worth it for Microsoft to spend …
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