Microsoft and Yahoo’s crucial search agreement passed muster with both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, clearing the way for better competition with Google. Yahoo will start shuttling its algorithmic and paid search platforms to Microsoft, an undertaking that should be complete by the end of 2010. The companies can count clearing the regulatory hurdles a great success. Google has maintained its search engine market share lead, which is 65.4 percent in the United States and slightly higher all over the world.
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Microsoft and Yahoo’s crucial search agreement passed
muster with both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, enabling
the rivals to partner and gang up on search engine whale Google.
Microsoft and Yahoo said in a statement they will begin
implementing the deal…