>but Yahoo search existed way before Google search Not to be pedantic, but it didn't - Yahoo didn't have their own search engine for years, only searching of t

>but Yahoo search existed way before Google search Not to be pedantic, but it didn't - Yahoo didn't have their own search engine for years, only searching of their traditional hierarchical directory and using a 3rd party's search engine, and one of the key reasons Google grew so fast is that they partnered with Yahoo to provide their search results.