<<eBay and Yahoo! have announced they are forming a partnership centred on advertising, ecommerce and search.

As the internet search and commerce markets grow even more competitive, the two companies on Thursday said they have decided to help each other out.
As part of the deal, Yahoo! will become the exclusive third-party provider of all graphical ads on eBay and will offer sponsored search for complementary products on some eBay search results pages in the US.

Specific financial details were not released but both companies said the deal would not be material to 2006 results and that any financial impact for 2007 and beyond would be detailed when the companies issue their outlooks for that period.>>

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i would like to see them win this battle