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Regarding MSFT vs. Yahoo, I think that one thing that's been lost track of in the past decade is that Yahoo was never a search engine.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Nov 30 '08, 12:11

It was a searchable, categorized index. It's a subtle but distinct difference from Google, and attempts to use it to compete with Google (right down to strapping a spider on its back and making it pretend to be a search engine) are fundamentally flawed, IMO.

I think Microsoft might feel this way, too, so I suspect that their twin motives in the whole situation are: A) shut yahoo down, period, and B) acquire Flickr.

Before the first offer was rejected, I think "A" would have been phrased differently, but after the rejection ... yeah. It's not looking good for Yahoo.

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i liked it better and found it more useful when it was an index -- nm - pigby down under Nov 30, 12:43
right. It's a life engine! -- nm - The way I sell it Nov 30, 12:31
originally an index with site categorized like books in a library, then added 3rd party search function, Inktomi first, then google - zeitgeist Nov 30, 12:19
That is a lot of technical mumbo jumbo. Which one is better to find porn? - Redmond Nov 30, 12:12 1
- You know, I've never tried that on Yahoo. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 12:13

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Regarding MSFT vs. Yahoo, I think that one thing that's been lost track of in the past decade is that Yahoo was never a search engine.

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