Just months after Yahoo extended its long-term search agreement with Microsoft, Yahoo is testing a search partnership with Google.

Actually, Yahoo is keeping its options open and testing search with a number of partners.

“Yahoo has been struggling to recapture growth for a long time,” said Jeff Kagan, an independent industry analyst. “If they can partner with Google and search, that may be able to help them grow their site in other areas. Like it or not, Google is the king of search.”

A Yahoo spokeswoman confirmed to Computerworld that the company is testing search results and ads from several companies, including Google.

Google confirmed the same thing.

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