Microsoft agrees to extend Yahoo revenue-per-search deal
Microsoft and Yahoo are extending the revenue-per-search guarantee piece of their search partnership by another year.
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Microsoft and Yahoo are extending the revenue-per-search guarantee piece of their search partnership by another year.
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