Amazon's Alexa, A9.com, Dump Google Search Results in Favor of MSN Live Search

[mandy]

Google Dumped by Amazon's Alexa for MSN Live: Google Dump #1
From Aaron Wall at Thread Watch comes word that MSN Live is now powering Alexa's (update: AND A9's) search results instead of Google, the previous partner...

GData and Base indicate that Google's uber-portal direction is set. Amazon's shift from Google indicates what will be the first of many high profile shifts away from Google that we'll see in the coming months...

full article: http://www.searchenginelowdown.com/2006/...r-msn.html

[jezebel]

I use A9 to get the Amazon discount. 
http://a9.com/-/company/instantRewards.jsp

[bargainbloodhound]

I signed up for A9's Amazon Rewards program but I never use A9.  I'm even less likely to use it now that they're using MSN Search. 

[jezebel]

[quote author=bargainbloodhound link=topic=3592.msg13410#msg13410 date=1146629281]
I signed up for A9's Amazon Rewards program but I never use A9.  I'm even less likely to use it now that they're using MSN Search. 
[/quote]

I don't give a boink about the search results. I just want the discount.