25 February 2003MSN surprises by renewing Inktomi
Despite industry rumblings to the contrary, MSN has re-signed its deal with
Inktomi to provide 'fallthrough' results on MSN.com
Many were expecting that Inktomi would lose the deal in view of its purchase in December by MSN rival Yahoo!
And
PPC provider, Overture's recent acquisition of
AltaVista had appeared to strengthen their position as a replacement
Nevertheless, Inktomi has come out smiling, having re-signed till the end of 2005
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