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Yahoo to Dump Google

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

unassimilatible writes "The Wall Street Journal is reporting (paid subscription required) that Yahoo! plans to dump Google as its primary search technology. In a major revamp, Yahoo will also add personalization and customization features to extend the usefulness of searches and expand its use of "paid inclusion." Yahoo news has picked up the story. Might be time to rethink that IPO."

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  1. Re:Might be time to rethink that IPO? by Verteiron · · Score: 5, Informative

    And Metacrawler, the cool engine that actually searched all of the OTHER engines, then organized and displayed the results. One of the most amazingly useful things on the web at the time. Then they got bought by go.com, I think, which got bought by Disney... I just checked, Metacrawler is still around, but predictably it's all paid links. Sad...

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  2. Look closer... by GeckoFood · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yahoo! plans to dump Google as its primary search technology.

    The word primary is very important here. It implies that Yahoo! is not completely abandoning Google, but is making it second string instead. If they're still letting us access Google, even if it requires a couple of extra clicks, then I can't see this as entirely bad. I like Google and it's my first pick, but I certainly don't limit myself to Google...

    I did not see in the article where Yahoo! is completely dropping Google. If it's in there, I missed it.

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