Comments on: Bing on Yahoo Will Save SEOs Millions!

By: Henrik Bondtofte

Henrik Bondtofte — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:47:59 +0000

I think that we in the future can expect great things for Bing, this deal has ensured Bings existence for many years to come – they still need some improvements in their algorithm but Ill bet they get the hang of it and give Google some most needed competition.

In Denmark where I come from, 96% of the population use Google, this means that we before never saw any traffic from other sources than Google, making pages very vulnerable. Looking at the statistics’ now show a great improvement in Bing use.

By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:27:53 +0000

Good point there Rob, I hadn’t considered that in 5 years, Yahoo could plausibly have search volume driven off its site. Also hadn’t considered what that says about their long term commitment to Bing… That’s major!

By: Rob Kingston

Rob Kingston — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:06:46 +0000

I don’t think 10 years is excessive at all. It shows M$’s long term commitment to building the Bing brand. It means M$ has bought Bing an extra 5 years of exposure to millions of people.

Also, if the deal was only 5 years, Yahoo would probably have approached Google again for a search/ads deal. That would be much more valuable for them.

By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:40:27 +0000

Yeah, I think 10 years means that by the end of it, Yahoo will be getting way more than they’re giving…

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:58:46 +0000

I think it will be very interesting to see how this partnership pans out. The ten year contract I think might be a bit excessive, I think 5 years would have been just as fine.