In a battle for universal search engine foosball domination, Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft competed in a clash of the titans at SES San Jose. Daniel Wong and Jacob Rosenberg represented Yahoo! in the doubles tournament.

In the first round, Yahoo! played Microsoft in a game to 7 points. Microsoft was unprepared for Jake’s superior passing and quick snake shot. They were unable to get past Daniel’s brilliant defense. Yahoo! beat Microsoft 7-1.

In the next round, Yahoo! played Google in a game to 7 points. Google’s team put up a valiant effort, but they too were beaten easily in a final score of 7-0.

Next up was the Google vs. Microsoft match. Google easily beat Microsoft 7-0.

For the final round, Yahoo! played Google for the Foosball Trophy. It was a best of 3 series, with each game played to 5 points. The Google fans started to crowd around the table, and tried to motivate their team with cheers. However, the Google cheering soon turned to silence once the Yahoo! team started to dominate the scoring. Google’s team couldn’t keep up with the fast paced passing and scoring from Yahoo! Yahoo beat Google 5-2.

Game 2 of the Finals was pretty much more of the same barrage from Team Yahoo!. The final score for Game 2 was 5-2 in favor of Yahoo!.

Final results:

• 1st place – Yahoo!
• 2nd place – Google
• 3rd place – Microsoft

Best quote of the day was from the Microsoft team after Jake scored the first goal on them: “What was that? Is he spinning?” Jake’s snake shot was so fast that they couldn’t tell how he scored. :)

Oh, and our search engine competes pretty well, too. For more information on how Yahoo! fared in the SES Awards, head over to Yahoo! Search Blog.

Nicki Dugan
Blog Editor