BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!

Aug 27, 2009 at 2:02pm ET by Barry Schwartz

Those with BT broadband in the UK have noticed that the Yahoo/BT portal at bt.yahoo.com has a new search technology provider. You would guess that if Yahoo would replace their own search technology, it would be in exchange for Bing, in light of the recent news about the Bing & Yahoo deal. You would be wrong to think that because Google is now powering the search technology Yahoo/BT portal.

Here is a screen capture of the search box that now says, “Powered by Google,” taken from ConnectedInternet.co.uk, which tipped us to this:

I know the Yahoo and Microsoft deal has not been signed off on yet, but you have to admit, this is a bit comical?

Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here.

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ONE COMMENT ON BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!

Bas van den Beld, August 27th, 2009 at 2:23 pm ET:
Premium member since 07/2009

Thanks for the mentioning Barry :)

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