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Microsoft Bids US$ 44 billion for Yahoo!

Software giant Microsoft bids US$ 44 billion for Yahoo! in cash and stocks, a 60% premium over current market price. The search engine market is dominated by Google with an impressive 56% dominance (in the US). Yahoo and Microsoft account for about 31% of the pie, and the rest scattered across the multitude of search engines. But even with the merger, it isn’t such an exciting deal, and I suspect the combined market share to dip even further. Unfortunately for Yahoo, business hasn’t been very good off late and with declining profits and margins, it would seem like a good deal from Microsoft.

The combined entity may however pose a semblance of a threat to Google, and may get Google on its toes. Will Yahoo exist as a seperate entity, or will it remain a skin powered by Microsoft Live search waits to be seen.

Tags: Google, Microsoft, Search, Yahoo

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Google Custom Search

To start with, IndianEye.org search is now powered by the Google Custom Search Engine. Why is it so great to start with? For two reasons: 1. I now have the power and versatility of Google search for my blog, and 2. I can host the search results page on my domain, and customise the search results page the way I want. Isn’t that cool!
Its still in the Beta though, but then again, so is Gmail :).

Tags: Google, Search

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