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Redmond Still Getting Clobbered in Search

We bring you this little item only because Microsoft still hasn't stopped trying to acquire Yahoo (apparently) and because such an acquisition would bring Microsoft from a distant third in search to a somewhat less distant second.

Posted by Lee Pender on July 16, 2008


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