Microsoft is Planning to get rid of Bing by Selling it to Facebook?

Apr 15,2012

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Categorized under : Web / Written by : Pubudu Kodikara / 13 comments

According to the latest rumors, Microsoft is planning to Sell its search engine Bing to Facebook. They launched Bing to break Google’s monopoly but still they were unable to do it. Still about 60% of the search market is controlled by Google. Bing did manage to beat Yahoo and become the second largest search engine. Now Yahoo is using Bing to power its search.

But beating Google seems to be really difficult at this moment because according to Barrons.com, Microsoft is loosing $2.5 billion a year because of Bing. So, Microsoft will greatly benefit from this deal.

They are planing to sell Bing in exchange for more Facebook shares. The power and the data from the world’s largest social network might be able to give better personalized search results and challenge Google. But, Google will have their own plans! It’s really hard to take them down now!

- Image source (The background only) : Scott Beale

- Source : Neowin

Tags: Bing, facebook, microsoft, Search Engines

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great news, thanks for this news…
- http://techhamlet.com/ EApubs
  
  You welcome bro :)
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That’s the less possible thing. Impossible that Microsoft would sell one of their most important tool to one of their competitor.
- http://techhamlet.com/ EApubs
  
  But the fact that its not making any profits is a good motive. And, MS want to hit Google. I don’t think they’ll care whether MS or FB do it!
manovrao

Let’s see the result.
- http://techhamlet.com/ EApubs
  
  @manovrao Yep.. the best things it to wait and see :)
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It wouldn’t happen. Nothing can beat Google now.
- http://techhamlet.com/ EApubs
  
  We’ll see bro :D
http://missionizhar.com/ Ubaid Rehman

Well, really do you believe Microsoft will ever going to do that ? I will say Microsoft can Give a better offer to facebook, and merge it to Msn.facebook.com, but giving bing to facebook is just a rumor story !
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I do Totally agree there are lot of rumor’s but still the rumor remain’s rumor, Microsoft analysis can never be judged by some one sitting and writing a blog post comon !
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the Internet World is so unpredictable, let’s see the outcome :) But I’m more than simply sure that Microsoft won’t sell Bing.
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Hey that’s an unaware news, really I think its a good news too because there is only one thing which Facebook doesn’t have, i.e. Searching Power, So if Microsoft will give bing to FB, then In my opinion, Facebook will be more greater than.
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Hey that’s an unaware news, really I think its a good news too because there is only one thing which Facebook doesn’t have, i.e. Searching Power, So if Microsoft will give bing to FB, then In my opinion, Facebook will be more greater than.