DONE DEAL: Yahoo & Microsoft Finalize Search Partnership

The Microsoft-Yahoo search and advertising deal, first announced back in July, has just been finalized by the two companies.

more details here

http://mashable.com/2009/12/04/microsoft-yahoo-finalizes-search-partnership/

 

Don't they have to get regulatory approval?
There was some news recently saying the regulatory bodies in Canada and Australia approved the deal, but the big ones are yet to come (the US, and the EU).

I hope the deal doesn't go through. Wouldn't want to see Yahoo being powered by inferior bing.

 

Congrats to both Yahoo & Microsoft. Now Google might have to face some tuf competition.

 

i hope this will go through, then google won't dominate the search engine

 

That is some super cool news. Would this bring about any change in the YPN or Adcenter User Platforms?

 

Very good news. Competition is better, we get more money.

 

In a way this is good, but also slightly annoying as we'd have to start doing a lot more work in terms of SEO and PPC ads.

 

Bing Answers? lol.

 

totally agree, If it helps US then WHY NOT!

 

Ahhh...too long for a deal. Lets wait for google reaction to it.

 

Does anyone else thinks this deal would reduce competition? Microsoft might have the money, but it does not know a great deal about search. Money doesn't buy innovation and creativity.

Looking at the past acquisitions, mergers and partnerships (Teoma & Ask, AllTheWeb & Yahoo, WiseNut & Looksmart, Overture & Yahoo), Google has only gained more market share. Teoma, AllTheWeb and WiseNut were all, arguably, almost as good as Google. But when the boys with cash took them over they became a failure.

Is the same going to happen with Yahoo too? Sadly I think so, even though i find Yahoo search way better than Bing.

 

Oh so Finally its Finalized lol

 

Seems so: here is the Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal: The Key Facts

http://mashable.com/2009/07/29/yahoo-microsoft-search-deal-2/

 

your going to see a new platform for advertising with bing/yahoo. i look for something different. i allso look for something like adsence from bing 2011 or 2012.

 

Wow, first time I hear about that. It's cool, I like change, and competition may be good for us.

 

LoL. How do you think this deal would affect Google ? It's #1 and will be like that ever.

 

My take is that a search engine should give me good results for what I am looking for. I don't think Bing does this as great as Google. Bing has the money to invest with improvements whereas Yahoo does not have as much R&D power. It seems the move to acquire Yahoo is a move to reduce competition.

 

google will not be no1 for ever in 10 years from now the internet will be completely different.

 

Should make for a more compelling number 2, but if the game stays the same with onpage seo/backlinks then Google will most likely remain way ahead of the competition. Maybe in the next 15 years we will see a paradigm shift on the net along with more variations of search technologies.