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Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo for $50 billion and asked Yahoo to resume acquisition talks. Yahoo! reportedly agreed.

Following the news Yahoo shares jumped 17.96 percent to $33.24 in Nasdaq trading on Friday, while Microsoft shares fell 1.26 percent to $30.58. The two companies have held informal talks over the years, but the latest approach comes as Microsoft seeks a deal to counter Google’s rapid growth.

If the deal goes through, how would MSN and Yahoo search engines operate? Would they stay separate or become one Search Engine? These are the questions bloggers would like to know, because different blogs have different search rankings in Yahoo and MSN results. Well, let’s wait and see.

On Google, for example, 72 percent chose an organic listing; on Yahoo, 61 percent did so. Yet AOL and MSN searchers behaved much differently. On AOL, half of searchers chose a paid listing. On MSN, 71 percent clicked on an ad. read full article here

That means if you have been using only Google AdWords for your advertising needs, you might want to give MSN a try (since 71 percent of the MSN users click on ads). It might be more effective!

MSN has taken on Google with it’s own MSN Virtual Earth. Virtual Earth combines mapping and local search to put the answers to your search questions in a geographical context. Give it a try http://virtualearth.msn.com

MSN has announced the final release of what it’s MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search. You can download it here

MSN Search Toolbar includes Windows Desktop Search, so you can find anything on your PC - documents, e-mail messages, and more - in seconds. And three handy toolbars make it easy to search the Web or your PC, block annoying pop-up windows, automatically fill out web forms, and more.