A brief description of what it means when Yahoo farms out its search engine to MicrosoftJuly 30th, 2009 A look at how the Microsoft-Yahoo deal will workAlthough Yahoo and Microsoft could soon be working together on Internet search, their collaboration would mostly occur behind the scenes. Consumers would still see Yahoo's logo striped across Yahoo.com.
Yahoo, Microsoft reach search and ad partnershipJuly 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - Internet search firm Yahoo and software giant Microsoft have reached a 10-year deal in which they hope to tackle the online dominance of Google, media reports said Wednesday. Under the terms of the deal, Yahoo will use Microsoft's new search engine on its sites and handle some advertising sales for Microsoft.
Microsoft's Bing search engine aims to rival GoogleJune 1st, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft stepped up its efforts to cut into the search dominance of Google, launching a public preview version of its widely praised Bing search site Monday. The site offers several features that are not automatically available on Google such as instant excerpts that allow users to see the contents of a page without actually clicking on it and a sidebar detailing related searches.
Yahoo, Microsoft link up in challenge to Google (Second Lead)July 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - Internet search firm Yahoo and software giant Microsoft announced Wednesday a 10-year deal in search and advertising operations in a bid to challenge the online dominance of Google. Under the terms of the agreement, Yahoo will use Microsoft's new search engine on its sites and handle some advertising sales for Microsoft.
Microsoft's Bing brings in more Internet search traffic as Google, Yahoo taper offAugust 18th, 2009 Bing rings up search gains, dinging Google, YahooSAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp.'s souped-up Internet search engine gained a little more ground on industry leaders Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
Google provides peek into new search engine with different results rankingAugust 11th, 2009 Google provides peek into new search engineNEW YORK — Google has lifted the lid on a new version of its search engine, allowing users to look at the results it will generate. The new engine, available at a separate address, looks the same as the current one but ranks results differently, which could affect businesses who rely on Google results to drive traffic.
After advertising blitz, Microsoft's new search site Bing lures curious Web surfersJune 9th, 2009 Bing swing: New search engine ups Redmond's share
SEATTLE — In the week since Microsoft Corp. launched Bing, its new search engine, the software maker's share of U.S.
Microsoft unveils new Internet search engineMay 29th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft has unveiled a new search engine named Bing, renewing its efforts to challenge the dominance of Google in the Internet search market. The company said the new service will begin to roll out over the coming days and will be fully deployed worldwide June 3.
To bing is not to search but to meet your need: Microsoft's new ads indirectly shoot at GoogleJune 3rd, 2009 Microsoft ads say search is sick, Bing is the cure
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is inventing a new malady for which its new Web search site, Bing, is the only cure. That's the premise of the $100 million, four-month advertising campaign Microsoft hopes will turn Bing into a verb and give the software maker a fighting chance against search leader Google Inc.
Microsoft-Yahoo deal draws antitrust probeSeptember 11th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - The US Department of Justice is looking into the advertising and search alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo, the companies said Friday. Yahoo and Microsoft, which trail a distant second and third respectively to Google in the internet search market, announced their deal in late July in a bid to combine forces and challenge the web giant.
Review: Microsoft's Bing has a smart presentation, but still far from Google in key waysJuly 30th, 2009 Review: Yahoo's shift to Bing could be risky betNEW YORK — Is Microsoft's Bing really a better search engine? Since it debuted last month, it has earned praise for the smart way it presents results and how it lets users preview Web sites without clicking through to them. Yet a closer look at its results reveals why loyal Yahoo users may not end up happy with the deal the company announced Wednesday, which calls for Bing to replace Yahoo Search.
Microsoft, Yahoo join forces to challenge Google (Third Lead, changing dateline)July 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Tech giants Microsoft and Yahoo reached a long-awaited partnership Wednesday in a bid to challenge Google, which holds a 65 percent market share in online search. Under a 10-year deal, websites from both companies would use Microsoft's Bing search engine, which could now integrate Yahoo's considerable trove of search technology.
Microsoft's Bing tests new format for search results that swaps images for text linksSeptember 14th, 2009 Microsoft swaps pictures for text in some searchesSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is testing a way to display some search results as galleries of moveable images instead of text links, part of its ongoing attempt to differentiate its Bing search engine from Google.
Microsoft To Revamp MSN To Strengthen Bing tiesJune 20th, 2009 Microsoft isn't too busy with Bing to put its decade-old portal site MSN out of focus. The software giant is working on a revamp for MSN.
Bing Shoots Microsoft's Paid Clicks To 13%June 24th, 2009 As it was predicted Bing woos advertisers better than Google - it's turning into reality. All odds are in favor of Microsoft, as the number of clicks on ads served by Bing search engine hiked a 13% in the last two weeks.
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July 17th, 2009 at 4:15 am
So Bing is proving to be a bigger threat to Yahoo than to Google. It’s just been a few months though, so it would be interesting to see if Bing would continue to gain more of the shares from Yahoo. Thanks!