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Microsoft open to SearchMonkey, other Yahoo tech

Microsoft's search deal with Yahoo is the culmination of months of well documented negotiations, but in many ways, it is just the beginning of the long road ahead.

In the coming months, Microsoft and Yahoo will not only have to win regulatory approval for the deal, but also figure out how to bring together disparate approaches to the search market.

Microsoft has spent much of its energy in the last couple years refining its core technology, improving in vertical categories, and rebranding its Web search under the Bing moniker. Yahoo, meanwhile has put a lot of energy into tools … Read more

Live Blog: Microsoft, Yahoo discuss deal

Roughly 18 months after the word Microhoo entered the technology lexicon, the two companies finally have a partnership to speak of.

As part of a 10-year pact announced early Wednesday, Microsoft's technology will power the two companies' search sites, while Yahoo will handle ad-selling duties.

Executives from both companies will discuss the deal in a conference call from Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., at 5:30 a.m. PDT. Follow the live coverage here.

5:32 a.m.: Still listening to meditative hold music. They really could use something more upbeat. 5:33 a.m.: Getting the details … Read more

Yahoo, Microsoft reach search, ad deal

After months of fits and starts, Microsoft and Yahoo on Wednesday announced a 10-year search deal that will see the two companies join forces to take on Google.

"In simple terms, Microsoft will now power Yahoo search while Yahoo will become the exclusive worldwide relationship sales force for both companies' premium search advertisers," the companies said in a joint statement. The deal is expected to go into effect in 2010 and improve Yahoo's profitability, though not its revenue, the companies said.

Less expansive than the all-out, $44 billion acquisition Microsoft proposed last year--and even than some … Read more