Yahoo Search is Bunged Microsoft friendly sources report that Yahoo is losing search share: UPDATE: Yahoo CEO Says Search Share Hit By Lost Toolbar Deals Bartz: Yahoo's Search Decline Due To Dead Toolbar Deals The loss is blamed on failure to maintain "toolbar" deals with computer vendors but this begs the question with a flimsy excuse. Because toolbar deals are just another form of market share, saying that Yahoo has lost market share because they have lost toolbar deals is not a convincing explanation. Why is it that vendors like HP and Acer have dumped Yahoo toolbars? Have so many computers been turned over in the last six months as the share decline indicates? Not mentioned in the above stories is the recent replacement of Yahoo's search engine. This was the end result of Microsoft's long, ugly proxy fight and slog against Yahoo.