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Yahoo and Google to Merge?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hope-they-have-monkeys-in-their-commercials dept.

asgeirn writes "From reliable sources, I've been informed that Yahoo! and Google will announce a merger later this day. "-The new service, named YaGoohoo!gle, will give great synergies in search results and customer value," says an unnamed representative from one of the companies. It has yet to be decided where the new company's headquarters will reside."

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  1. Neat. by CosmeticLobotamy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's actually kinda useful.

    1. Re:Neat. by crimoid · · Score: 1

      It is funny to see them side by side. For some basic tests you can clearly see how Yahoo has copied Google's layout and design.

    2. Re:Neat. by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 1

      It would be great to have the MSN Search results in there also.

      Search for "Linux", and compare the results. A few months ago, MSN Search listed some completely lame, irrelevant entries when you searched for "Linux". Yahoo & Google showed very relative sites.

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    3. Re:Neat. by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 1

      This reminds me of Ask Yagle. But Yagoohoo!gle searches both at the same time, whereas Ask Yagle makes you choose one.

    4. Re:Neat. by tagbo · · Score: 1

      No, really, this thing starts as a joke. then people actually use it. then it gets tonnes of traffic. then it gets it's ass handing to it in court. -great ideas dont always start out as sober ideas.

    5. Re:Neat. by svanstrom · · Score: 1

      Here's some very simple code for adding a more "advanced" version of it to your own site (requires only SSI):

      http://svanstrom.org/multisearch.shtml

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      perl -e'print$_{$_} for sort%_=`lynx -dump svanstrom.com/t`'
    6. Re:Neat. by svanstrom · · Score: 1

      Here's one (mine) with MSN, Ask Jeeves, Altavista and Google: http://svanstrom.org/multisearch.shtml

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      perl -e'print$_{$_} for sort%_=`lynx -dump svanstrom.com/t`'
  2. Hmrph... by cplusplus · · Score: 1

    Is April Fools over yet?

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    1. Re:Hmrph... by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 1

      by cplusplus (782679) Alter Relationship on Fri April 01, 11:26 PM

      Nearly...

    2. Re:Hmrph... by MasterZorlak · · Score: 1

      No kidding... April Fools indeed. Too bad "Asgeir Nilsen" is the registered domain owner and it's only for a year... Yep... :( Was worth checking into for about .5 seconds I suppose.

  3. Seriously by sumdeus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously? This is unbelievable. How do I get an invite?

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  4. Super Search Engine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new search engine overloads

  5. Exclamation point ??? by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think they should drop the ! from the name. Makes it look too much like a joke company.

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    1. Re:Exclamation point ??? by Tribbin · · Score: 2, Funny

      The ! should be before the rest.

      !YaGoohoogle

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  6. UH....... by bryan8m · · Score: 1

    How the heck is that name even pronounced? But, pretty cool anyway, frames...

    1. Re:UH....... by Karl+Tacheron · · Score: 1

      I guess going with the more easily Goo'gyahle! or Y!'ghoolge presented too much of a challenge...

    2. Re:UH....... by Karl+Tacheron · · Score: 1

      Crap. I meant the more easily pronounced...
      I suppose sentences are supposed to have verbs or something...

    3. Re:UH....... by GreyPoopon · · Score: 1
      Crap. I meant the more easily pronounced...

      See? Even you had trouble with it. ;)

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  7. Ah.. Finally by nsasch · · Score: 1

    A non-joke post...and in ESZT there's still over 6 hours left to suffer from fake news, but this one helped save the day.

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    1. Re:Ah.. Finally by jangobongo · · Score: 1


      Yes, finally something useful.

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  8. Indiyucky by maryjanecapri · · Score: 1

    yeah and i live in an area often called Kentuckiana. i prefer Indiyucky. april fools

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  9. April Fool, but by Winckle · · Score: 1

    I love it, i might start using this one, nice spot guys!

  10. Lame! by Darth+Cow · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not very funny.

    April fools day jokes start to get old after you've seen the tenth one.

    Actually, scratch that - they're old to start off with.

  11. That's a lie! by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 1

    I call Bullshit!

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  12. In Other News by tyman · · Score: 1

    MicroApple has just formed...

    1. Re:In Other News by PMJ2kx · · Score: 1

      FINALLY, something FUNNY!

    2. Re:In Other News by Omnieiunium · · Score: 1

      you mean MicroAppLinux

  13. Wow! by spyrral · · Score: 1

    That's really funny! Wait, no it isn't. How fscking sad.

  14. Wow, it actually works. by cmacb · · Score: 1

    Actually kinda handy to be able to search my two favorite engines at once.

    Even if it is just a joke page.

  15. Awesome... by ATMB · · Score: 1

    ...like Wikipedia acquisition by Britannica, to form Wikipaedia :D

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  16. I know it's April fools.... by gmajor · · Score: 1

    But wouldn't it be a good move if they merged?

    1. Re:I know it's April fools.... by MTO_B. · · Score: 1

      If they'd merge there would be less compitition and therefore less need to improve... it wouldnt benefit us users at all.

  17. I know where.. by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 5, Funny

    It has yet to be decided where the new company's headquarters will reside.

    Fantasy island?

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  18. This one should get more laughs by prostoalex · · Score: 4, Funny


    AOL buys Time Warner

    1. Re:This one should get more laughs by dword · · Score: 1

      this isn't funny, you scare the shit out of me!

  19. Sadly enough, this is possible by iced_773 · · Score: 1

    Exxon and Mobil merged. HP and Compaq merged. This really would not surprise me.

    If it were not April Fool's Day, I would now be expecting Intel to merge with AMD.
    1. Re:Sadly enough, this is possible by WMD_88 · · Score: 1
      If it were not April Fool's Day, I would now be expecting Intel to merge with AMD.

      Don't give Taco any more ideas.

  20. stop! by Darth+Maul · · Score: 1

    Please, make this stop! It's not funny anymore. It's just an excuse for everyone to think they're a comedian.

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  21. Asgeir Nilsen of Akershus by gorbachev · · Score: 1

    You might want to register the domain with a bit more belieavable contact info.

    The website is pretty funny though.

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  22. Worst April fools joke yet by dpud1234 · · Score: 1

    nuf said

  23. Who are the real fools? by Skedoozy · · Score: 1

    The people you are trying to fool? Or the fools who think April Fools jokes on the internet are funny and keep writing these dumb stories?

  24. uhh by bugbeak · · Score: 1

    Bwahahahahahahahhahaha!!!!!!!!

  25. 360.yahoo.com/ by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 1

    In unrelated news, Yahoo finally opened Yahoo 360 today.

    First impressions: Better then Orkut. It actually works with my other Yahoo stuff.

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    1. Re:360.yahoo.com/ by David+Gould · · Score: 1


      Thanks, that's nice to hear. [*1] But actually 360 started its invite-only Beta on Tuesday (3/29). It was open to Y! employees for a few days before that, so we'd be ready to seed it by sending invites to friends&family as soon as it went public. My girlfriend, for example, was on at midnight [*2], and by the time we went to bed at 12:40, she had her profile mostly built, and had invited ~30 of her friends, and 3 had already accepted and joined.

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      [1] I work for Yahoo!, but I'm not involved in 360 (except as a user).
      [2] she's sort of a "geek groupie", and tends to get even more excited about my work than I do.

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    2. Re:360.yahoo.com/ by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 1

      True... I actually meant to say "This week"...

      It was hard to keep up with the fast pace of the April Fools postings...

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  26. You hear that sound? by myc_lykaon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's the sound of a dead horse being flogged - again and again and again.

  27. HQ by awtbfb · · Score: 1

    It has yet to be decided where the new company's headquarters will reside.

    I know: the Moon!

  28. In other news... by k4_pacific · · Score: 1

    It was announced today that Hammond and Xerox plan to merge. The new company, tentatively called Hamhox, will manufacture reproductive organs.

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  29. Yahoogle! by Perdurabo26 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think Yahoogle woulda been better..

    then we coulda made yahooligans.yahoogle.com! - why this matters.. I don't know.

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    1. Re:Yahoogle! by asgeirn · · Score: 1

      I tried both http://yahoogle.com/ and http://goohoo.com/. They were both already registered, however.

  30. In other news.. by viva_fourier · · Score: 1

    ...Slashdot.org's gross miscalculation in the actual comedic value of their April Fool's Day posts have led to a spur in the productivity of technology companies, IT support staff, and universities across the globe.

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    and now back to the fallout shelter...
    1. Re:In other news.. by bryan8m · · Score: 1

      I recall studies showing that workers are actually more productive when they are alotted time to surf personal sites?

    2. Re:In other news.. by viva_fourier · · Score: 1

      maybe, but maybe not

      okay back to work ;)

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  31. and a merry april fools day to you, too by swschrad · · Score: 1

    don't forget to turn all your web connections off after you read this... it's Internet Spring Cleaning Day again. all your data could disappear.

    http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/cleaning.htm

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  32. Slashdot account for sale. by Tribbin · · Score: 1

    Any newling interested in my slashdot#?

    You get if for free.

    While the quantity of the articles is sky-high , the quality of slashdot is rock-bottom now.

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  33. silly by Greenisus · · Score: 1

    You'd think with a joke like this they'd at least mention something about what happens with the stocks of each company.

    The site's actually kind of neat, though. I just hope Asgeir Nilsen (the registrant, courtesy of WHOIS) doesn't get any cease-and-desist orders.

  34. Hahaha by shadowsurfr1 · · Score: 1

    Hahaha. Bullshit.

  35. yawn by Alcilbiades · · Score: 1

    Just try to be funny next time.


    On a side note China has decided to let Taiwan sucede. Also Israel has decided to open up the government to Palestinians.

  36. Re:Stupid April 1st joke by Parallax+Blue · · Score: 1

    Yes...way too easy. I read it and I was like "whaaaaat? Oh, it's April 1st. April fools, har har har."

  37. Next time I open up my gmail... by Tribbin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Next time I open up my gmail, I'll hear, "Yahoooo've got mail!"?

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  38. shenanigans! by Cska+Sofia · · Score: 1

    As if this would make it out of beta testing so fast.

  39. Pretty useful by MHobbit · · Score: 1

    That thing's pretty useful, ironically enough.

    However, please just stop the d@mned April Fools jokes! They all get old within a second of reading them!

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  40. Netscape and Yahoo by frank249 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some years ago there was talk of Netscape and Yahoo merging and moving the head office to Israel. The merged company would be called Net'n'Yahoo.

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  41. Re:WHOIS is fun by asgeirn · · Score: 1

    It is kinda unavailable right now, for some reason. The link seems up, so it might just be that the server kneeled.