Yahoo hopes to remain relevant and competitive in the search engine market, battling for users not only against nemesis Google but also against its future search partner, Microsoft. So said Yahoo ...

The successful launch of Microsoft’s revamped search engine, Bing, was likely the event that tipped the scales in favor of Yahoo agreeing to a search deal, analysts said. When Microsoft relaunched ...

Since Microsoft’s Bing search engine launched last summer, it has gained market share at the expense of Yahoo. If the trends stay consistent, Bing could pass Yahoo in the U.S. by the end of November.

Google, which still dominates the search engine market, made modest gains in share, from 64.9 percent to 65.4 percent, and showed 9.4 million core searches, a 4 percent month-over-month increase, ...

Microsoft's re-release of its search engine proved it is committed to search and inspired Yahoo to join forces The successful launch of Microsoft’s revamped search engine, Bing, was likely the event ...