
Google would like to snag Yahoo search deal from Microsoft
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt
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The search saga between Google and Yahoo may not be over after all.
Under a search-ad partnership proposed in 2008, Yahoo would have placed Google ads on some Yahoo search results, and the companies would have shared resulting revenue. However, Google was forced to scuttle the deal later that year in the face of growing antitrust concerns, allowing Microsoft to swoop in and strike a deal with Yahoo.
But apparently, Yahoo, which dumped Google as its default search technology provider in 2004, hasn’t been far from the…
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