And the rumor is he’s going to Microsoft.
Should that prove true, another reason to make that Yahoo/MSFT search deal happen. Details at All Things D:
Yahoo–which has stuck to its guns by staying in the search business, even though many think it is a losing game and should be sold off to Microsoft–has lost a key engineer in that arena to, uh-oh, Microsoft.
Sean Suchter, the VP of Search Technology at Yahoo, was also deeply involved in Yahoo’s efforts to open up its search platform, initiatives the company has touted aggressively as a bright spot in its not-so-lustrous landscape.
Yahoo needs some revolution now, i haven’t use it for years.