Yesterday, Google and Yahoo decided to settle their differences in a big
tennis event appropriately named
"Battle over the Net".
The two companies fielded an impressive 20-30 players each, and started
playing doubles at 9am in the beautiful Stanford Stadium. The format made
for quick and deadly games (eight games total, no ads) and at the end, the
referees tallied the total number of games scored by each side.
Yahoo won this round by a short margin (163/157), but discussions of a
recount… sorry, I mean "a rematch" are already underway, so Google
hasn’t said its last word just yet.
Big thanks to the organizers on both sides: this event was an absolute
blast and a great opportunity to meet new and friendly faces.
#1 by Marina on November 28, 2006 - 7:14 am
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I wonder, do they not plan to have such contests with every search engine? On the other hand – it would be better if they do not, enough for us all that Google and Yahoo share algorithms for searches – hope no such “friendship” expansion
#2 by Rita loves pictures on December 5, 2006 - 2:00 am
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Great name for an event like this. I guess the employies of google and yahoo have much more in common than the companies already do.
Thank you for sharing this story with me !