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Microsoft not happy about Yahoo Japan-Google deal

Earlier this week, Yahoo Japan, the biggest portal in the nation, said it would being using Google's search engine to power its search instead of following Yahoo Inc.'s decision to use Microsoft's Bing for search.

Microsoft is clearly not happy with the decision.



The software giant has said today it plans to argue before Japan's Fair Trade Commission that the deal is anti-competitive, as it would give Google almost 100 percent of the search market in the region.

Japan is the world's third-largest market for search queries.

The FTC has already said the deal does not violate anti-monopoly laws in the nation.

Yahoo Japan has 57 percent search market share in the country while Google has 37. Microsoft has 2.8 percent.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 30 Jul 2010 14:02

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• Tristan_2

  -_- omfg Microsoft are being huge babies in this
  

  30.7.2010 18:10 #1

• DXR88

  Bing sucks anyway, can never find what i'm looking for with it. i dislike Yahoo's bloatedness. so i use google, sometimes i even break out the dogpile.
  

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  30.7.2010 18:21 #2

• slackdast

  Guess MS shouldn't of been so cheap when they offered to buy yahoo last year.
  
  
  

  30.7.2010 21:29 #3

• KillerBug

  Is this news?
  
  This is like running a story about a man who got shot...and then a week later, running a story about how the man did not enjoy getting shot.
  
  If Microsoft came forward and said they were happy with the deal, that would be news.

  31.7.2010 08:07 #4

• SomeBozo

  Originally posted by slackdast: Guess MS shouldn't of been so cheap when they offered to buy yahoo last year.
  
  The other side Yahoo shouldn't have been so greedy. I'm no Microsoft fan either, glad to see then not get something they wanted. I'm really glad to see Google and Yahoo working together.
  

  1.8.2010 03:02 #5

• KillerBug

  If only they would team up in the states...then we could have a mapping system that actually finds places that you search for...or maybe we would just have twice as many incorrect entries.

  1.8.2010 23:31 #6

• xnonsuchx

  Besides a few features, Bing sucks anyway. They even use it to search for things on MS's website, making it harder to find things than it used to be. It's easier to to a Google search for support articles on MS's own website...which is SAD.

  2.8.2010 19:12 #7

• bluedogs

  As usual M$ continues to be hypocryts. Poor M$ how will they ever continue from here.

  4.8.2010 00:13 #8