The recent deal between Bing and Yahoo! have caused quite a stir in the online community lately. Many website operators have expressed their worries regarding the agreement, fearing that the set-up might adversely affect their status in the search engine’s directory. Users have also expressed their concerns regarding how the deal can affect their own use of Yahoo’s search engine.

For those not familiar with the issue, the deal was sealed between the two companies in March of this year but was announced only in July. The deal is a ten year agreement in which Bing would be the one powering up Yahoo! Search’s directory. This means that what you see in Yahoo’s search results would, in fact, be determined using Bing’s own set of search algorithms. Read the rest of this entry »