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By Doug Caverly - Fri, 09/18/2009 - 05:52

Senior director's comments elicit big 'huh?'


The Yahoo search experience might at some point change in a very surprising way. That Bing may take over, we've come to accept. But at least one high-ranking Yahoo employee thinks Google could get a shot, too.
Let's talk about said employee for a moment. Burke Culligan is the senior director of product planning and strategy over Yahoo's front page and My Yahoo, so he's in a good position to discuss significant adjustments. Also, Culligan's worked for Yahoo since October of 2005, so it's not like he's some newbie who doesn't know the score.
Judge the next bit for yourself, then.
Joseph Tartakoff reported, 'During an update on the status of the home page, Yahoo senior director Burke Culligan told analysts that the company was not opposed to letting users replace Yahoo search with Microsoft's Bing or even Google.'"