{"id":242,"date":"2006-07-25T05:22:58","date_gmt":"2006-07-25T12:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/archives\/242"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:46:08","slug":"is-google-buying-yahoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/search-engines\/is-google-buying-yahoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Google Buying Yahoo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Probably not, but that headline peaked your interest, right?\u00a0 Still, the reason I&#8217;m wildly speculating is that there&#8217;s an article on SEO Speedwagon, along with a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/seoblog.intrapromote.com\/mt-tb.cgi\/249\">screen shot of a google search<\/a> where they talk about something odd.<br \/>\nIt seems that in a google search for a certain phrase, Google shows the results, then actually recommends trying the search on Yahoo, and provides a link.<\/p>\n<p>What possible reason could there be for doing that?\u00a0 Testing customer loyalty? 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