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Web Matches....Third-party search engine providers may include listings for which the third party has received payment to review and/or include the site within its database.
No mention of Google any where, either. This is the first time I've seen this, but maybe it's been there for a while?
Bascially they have kept on using Google for a while, but most expect ink results to be incorporated either replacing Google results with ink database results (this seems to be the most popular view) or by a mix.
I think they will wait until they use the ink spider with an algo changed to some extent to suit their purposes to do a few full crawls. Unlike others, I dont think its is guaranteed we will see current ink SERP positions turning up in Yahoo. They bought in for its technology i feel long term, not for the actual database as much, even though the algo seems to be returning good results. Its important to distinguish between the database contents and the actual algo/spider tech.
As an outside bet they could also incorporate other results from SE results they acquire or lease. I would not be surprised to see SERPs from Y! in future that combine several databases.
