Microsoft & Yahoo: how does it affect us.

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This article from el Reg discusses the proposed agreement between Yahoo and Microsoft.

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Don't probably know what you are referring to in this thread, guess its this :

Microsoft & Yahoo join to fight Google

Yahoo search will be powered by Microsoft's Bing, for at least the next 10 years.

Under the deal Microsoft will acquire an exclusive 10-year licence to Yahoo's core search technologies. It is also able to integrate Yahoo search technologies into its existing web search platforms.

In return Yahoo will keep 88 per cent of the revenue from all search ad sales on its site for the first five years of the deal, and will have the right to sell ads on some Microsoft sites.

Still needs final approval but does this mean Bing is a bigger threat to Google now?

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