Search Engine Lowdown is reporting that Amazon appears
to be dumping Google
in favor of partnerships with Microsoft. In particular, Amazon's A9 search engine now draws results from
Microsoft's Live.com, and Amazon subsidiary Alexa is doing the same. A9 and Alexa search results now sport a
"Powered by Windows Live" badge. I'm most surprised by the A9 switch, since it has been powered by Google
since its debut two years ago. There has been no official release from Amazon concerning the switch.[Via Slashdot]
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5-01-2006 @ 12:53PM
Jesse said...
There goes googlezon
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5-03-2006 @ 10:43AM
Razib Ahmed said...
It is interesting because every month we see report in the media that Google is becoming a stronger search engine with more and more market share. What led Amazon to take this decision?
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