Originally published February 13 2006
Microsoft and Yahoo discuss improving online search
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Microsoft and Yahoo have discussed how to improve online searching capabilities. There has been no mention of the two joining forces, however they both agree that catching up to Google is a main priority.
eWeek is reporting that Microsoft may have some interest in Yahoo after all, but it has nothing to do with buyouts.
Rather, researchers at Microsoft have been chatting with Yahoo about how to improve online searching capabilities.
Essentially, Microsoft and Yahoo have put their heads together and concluded that they must make their search engines, at the very least, comparable to Google.
Good thing they spoke with one another!
"There is something called search relevance that Google has been ahead of most competitors in, but the gap is closing.
And Yahoo claims statistically that this difference does not even exist anymore between Google and Yahoo.
MSN, with a lot of help from MSR [Microsoft Research] is closing the gap like crazy.
We will be catching up with them in a matter of months.
But that is only one problem---one very tough problem, however."
I don't find Yahoo to be even close to Google, both in returned results and searching tools.
Frankly, Yahoo and MSN's search is eons away from Google's search.
I could just be Google-conditioned, but most people that I interact with use Google as their primary search engine as well.
Overall, Microsoft and Yahoo may be better off teaming together rather than trying to fight the Googlesaurus separately.
Nevertheless, the article makes no mention of the two joining forces.
It just states that they both know that, "whoever controls search today drives a lot of Web traffic."
I have this to add: "When you control the mail, you control information."
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