IS GOOGLE COPYING YAHOO!?

[drhayden1]

Back when Internet Explorer 7 launched, Yahoo! created a customized version and began to market it to existing IE users. Yesterday Google came up with the same idea.

An idea so similar, that they decided to basically copy Yahoo!'s page and slightly Googlify it. If you look, the design, layout, and most of the text are the same!

http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/008122.html

[DavidR]

I don't see any duplication here, but possible marketing blurb from MS that both are using, but then again I'm using Firefox and don't have IE7 installed either

One of the comments in the link you gave matches my thoughts, since this is an IE7 related thing (e.g. downloading IE7 optimised for one or other search engine), how much input has MS in ensuring IE7 is put forward in the best way.

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Ouch.... but is there any chance the page was written by someone in Seattle instead of Yahoo!? That would explain it.
on December 11, 2006 02:36 PM

[bob3160]

I have to agree with David. The copy for this was probably written by Microsoft.
One to push the Yahoo Tool bar and the other the Google Tool bar.
The one item both have in common is IE7. 

[drhayden1]

Google had apparently stolen the content and the look of a Yahoo page promoting IE7, even showing the Yahoo toolbar with the Yahoo logo blurred out. Six hours later, Google has replaced the site in question with an entirely new one. This one thankfully shows the Google Toolbar prominently installed.

I can only imagine the email strings being fired around Google HQ this evening. New look is below

[RejZoR]

So basically it's just IE7 bundled with Google stuff (toolbar and stuff).