Supposedly Yahoo and Microsoft will be announcing the details of the deal in the morning, but according to
sources, here are some of the major points:
—Bing will become the default search engine on Yahoo, according to
AdAge. Bing therefore would be able to claim 28 percent of the search advertising market, according to the latest comScore figures.
—Yahoo’s search engine will use the Bing brand
—Yahoo will “take on exclusive representation of Bing inventory”
—The
WSJ says that Yahoo will also sell ads on some other unspecified Microsoft sites
—Microsoft’s AdCenter platform, however, will be the underlying sales technology platform
—The companies expect some interest from the Justice Department, which was reportedly an earlier sticking point for Yahoo’s board