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		utopcell on Sept 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-eng... Maybe. Apple passed on buying Yahoo Search when it was up for sale though.

O__________O on Sept 10, 2022 [–]

Yahoo has used Microsoft's Bing search engine to power results since 2009.

utopcell on Sept 10, 2022 | [–]

It has been either Bing or Google since 2009, but when Marissa came on board, she revived the old search engine team. The effort was shut down just before the sale to Verizon.

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