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By Marziah Karch, About.com

Definition: Microhoo is a playful name for a Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo! A Microsoft and Yahoo! merger would allow Microsoft to better compete against Google's dominant position in Web search advertising.

Microsoft made an unsolicited offer to acquire Yahoo! in 2008, but Yahoo! rejected the offer as too low. As of this writing, Microsoft does not have any future plans to purchase the Google rival.

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