Microsoft has just hired Sean Suchter, Yahoo's VP of Search Technology, a move that a Valleywag source says signals "the end of Yahoo search." Indeed, in a memo to staff, Tuoc Luong, Yahoo's SVP of
Search, sounded rather despondent in relaying the news. Luong described Suchter as a "Gibraltar rock", adding that many would find news of his departure "shocking."
"Everyone in the office
is shocked," the source said. "I've been on the Yahoo Search team for a while and he is the one key executive that it all depends on. If Microsoft has convinced him to leave and join them, they won't
need to buy Yahoo Search. We will just all join Microsoft anyway. I am definitely going to send him my resume."
Is this the end of Yahoo Search? Probably not, but it does amount to a
significant blow, Valleywag says. In capturing Suchter, Microsoft "has gotten the heart of Yahoo's search technology without the fuss of actually buying it."
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