Yahoo keeps slipping with the economic downturn and has plans to cut another 1500 jobs. Apparently they keep pursuing a deal with google and that is still in negotiations.
May be bad deal for those sites SEO savy in yahoo yet week in google
"Meanwhile, Google announced last week that its profits jumped a better-than-expected 26% in the third quarter. Google has continued to report strong growth despite the economic downturn thanks to its dominance in search advertising."
http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/21/tech...ion=2008102117