Yahoo reach deal with Microsoft to replace search with Bing

[irahat]

The Yahoo search engine could be obsolete in the near future, according to adage.com they are binning their search in favor of Bing and revenue from the ad sales.

[rsalan]

Yahoo search technology infinitely better than Live, Bing, etc.

[mshah]

Doesn't surprise me. Yahoo has been lagging behind in innovations and I knew that Microsoft's massive $47.5B bid was mostly a play for the search engine.

This would give MS about 25-30% of the search market while leaving Yahoo intact. It also makes SEO a bit easier since the field just narrowed