A few hours after the first news coverage on the upcoming announcement about the Yahoo-Microsoft search deal, it started to generate substantial buzz on Twitter. If you search “Microsoft Yahoo” on Twitter Search, you’ll get tremendous number of Tweets, with updates coming in every second.
While most of the Tweets are just providing links to various news sources running the story, there were some valuable commentaries and reactions posted by the more opinionated (I guess) Twitter users.
Some of the notable Tweets related to the Yahoo-Microsoft Deal:
And if you want to read some more, here are the coverage from some of the leading news sites/blogs:
- Microsoft, Yahoo Still Negotiating; Deal Could Be Announced Any Time
- Microsoft, Yahoo may finally embrace with search, advertising deal
- Reports: Microsoft-Yahoo deal to come in next 24 hours
We’re still waiting for the official announcement which could come out in the next few 24 hours.
In the meantime, you might want to start a discussion here and view your reactions/comments to the Yahoo-Microsoft search partnership. You may share your thoughts by leaving a comment below.
I’m not sure how I missed this news. Your site is the first I’ve heard of it. Pretty crazy stuff.
How do you think the partnership will affect search overall?
Thanks for posting this!
Jonathan
Ofcourse its a big news on internet today, every one is eager to know what outcomes if this two giant merge for search market. Let’s see what happens…!!
You’re really very up to date on these Yahoo! and Microsoft deals… Made me more informed about that issue.
This will have a huge impact on all the searches… Let’s all wait and see of what’s more to come.
I am most curious as to how the partnership will effect search engine optimization. Will people start putting more weight on the MicroHoo results now that they pack more of a punch.
Here’s a good look at the how the merger will benefit the SEM world if anyone is interested: http://kl.am/1P6m