Friday, February 19, 2010

Yahoo! and Microsoft to Implement Search Alliance: Completion of U.S., European review clears way for agreement to move forward

A Microsoft/Yahoo partnership milestone

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq “YHOO”) announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, and will now turn their attention to beginning the process of implementing the deal.

Implementation of the deal is expected to begin in the coming days and will involve transitioning Yahoo!’s algorithmic and paid search platforms to Microsoft, with Yahoo! becoming the exclusive relationship sales force for both companies’ premium search advertisers globally. Once the transition is completed, the companies’ unified search marketplace will deliver improved innovation for consumers, better volume and efficiency for advertisers and better monetization opportunities for web publishers through a platform that contains a larger pool of search queries.

Yahoo! and Microsoft to Implement Search Alliance: Completion of U.S., European review clears way for agreement to move forward

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