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Finally, Microsoft and Yahoo have merged forces to create a super search engine. By joining together they have shortened the list of major search engine competitors from three down to two.

Several months back Microsoft attempted an unsuccessful takeover of Yahoo to the tune of $47 billion dollars. Now that the deal has finally gone through Microsoft has gained exactly what it hoped for the most and that is the massive search traffic from Yahoo. Including the hordes of search traffic gained from Yahoo this new “super search engine” is still no match for Google. Any search engine marketing campaign should still place the most attention on Google for optimal results.

Stay tuned in to The Search Marketing News Blog for updates on how this new merger will effect your search engine rankings.

Last night I noticed that MSN Search was down. When you would arrive at a search results page you were greeted by a “This service is unavailable” message followed by “Our team is working to restore services as Quickly as possible. Please try your request again later.”

For a search giant like MSN to usher it’s users to competitor websites like Google or Yahoo! is no way for them to win back it’s market share.

This is not the first time that MSN search has gone down in the last short while back on June 5th, as pointed out in a blog post by Dave Davies of Beanstalk Search Engine Positioning entitled “That’s the Way to Beat Google!!!”.