Microhoo

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So after rejecting Microsoft a few times (dumb), and with Jerry Wang now gone (good), Yahoo finally agreed on a deal with Microsoft. In the meantime the big M has gone and built a search engine which is equivalent to google, and so has a decent shot at actually growing market share.

The deal means yahoo search will be powered by Bing, and yahoo will do the marketing for yahoo and bing combined, leading to better economies of scale.

A good deal all around, and a credible alternative to google for users and advertisers - I will likely be signing my company up for the new service in the near future.

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