Microsoft and Yahoo Reach Deal

e9th writes "We know that Microsoft failed last February in its attempt to buy Yahoo. Now, Advertising Age reports that they've reached a deal. Instead of a buyout, the two will enter into a revenue sharing agreement, and Bing will become Yahoo's default search engine. The meat of the AdAge article can be found in Yahoo News. This deal may give Google something to worry about."

Comments

Re:Goodbye old friend.

[Anonymous Coward]

It actually took you this shit to actually cancel your Yahoo account. Between their atrocious web email, and their pedophile chat network, what do they really have that's decent? Maybe yahoo sports.

On another note what is with all these stupid names Microsoft has been giving their search engines these days? It's like Microsoft is the tiny kid in the playground when it comes to the web. I guess all you guys who talk about how stupid FOSS project names are, are going to keep mum on Bing (soon to be named Bukkake or something another). Best of luck to a floundering Microsoft and an increasingly irrelevant Yahoo. Seriously, Google does need some competition in their default realm of search and content aggregation.

Well, it was nice while it lasted

[inject_hotmail.com]

I like yahoo because it returns relevant results, and isn't censored like google. MS's search has been a joke, ever since it started trying (though, they did try hard, for them...even searching their own KB database is easier/more relevant using google or yahoo). Yahoo's web search results, images, video I find are precisely what I am looking for without obtrusive advertising. I don't really like google, because its policy of Do No Evil (TM) has gone by the wayside in recent years. MS is more about showing obnoxious ads, archaic results, and letting companies pay them than actually providing accurate search results.

I guess like everything else these days, I have to go with the lesser of the standing evils. Google, I hate you, but, I must hate you less than Microsoft + Yahoo if I'm willing to switch.

Anyone tried Bing?

[SpaghettiPattern]

Anyone tried Bing around here? Could you tell us what it's like?

The easy answer is I should try it myself. But I can't. I can't bring myself trying an MS application that potentially might cause me to dislike them even more.

As for you, who are risking your soul by visiting the demon, you will have my blessing and I will say prayers for you -well, I hope that following this article will do, 'cause that's what you get. And your soul will embark on a journey to eternity, armed with the words "I used to be cool on /. before being so foolish as to trust an idiot and to surf to Bing".

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