As a follow-up to this week's post on the mindset of Yahoo!, the Yahoo! Search peeps have shouted back. A post on their blog yesterday had the VP's of Engineering and Product respectively proclaim that Yahoo! was fit for the fight.

"This commitment to being the best should be crystal clear from our investments in talented people, research, innovation and new products. Believe it or not, we are still in the early days of search. As all of us at Yahoo! agree, we're in it for the long haul, and we're in it to win"

Perhaps the Yahoo! CFO was upset about missing Q4 expectations when she made her comments last week.

I'm glad to know the competitive landscape of search is scheduled to remain competitive. Time now to work on keeping the stories straight. Stay tuned....