Yahoo conceding search to Google? Jeff Clavier says no way!


	Yahoo conceding search to Google? Jeff Clavier says no way!

egoldstein

1-25-2006 4:52 AM

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yahoo, google, search, internet, blogs, technology

egoldstein says:

Rumor quickly spread around the web that yahoo was basically conceding search to Google. Seems kind of far fetched and unrealistic...Jeff Clavier says there's no shot it's true.

via: tech.memeorandum.com

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