Comcast Flirts With Microsoft, Teases Google

Just as AT&T wants to leverage a better deal with Yahoo over their co-branded services, Comcast would like to parlay its broadband customer base into a bigger chunk of the search advertising revenue pie.

Comcast could opt for a new search ad partner in Microsoft if discussions with Google don't bear the juicy fruit of rich profitability before the end of 2007. The cable company trails only the aforementioned AT&T in terms of broadband membership.

That membership could be seeing Live Search instead of Google as a search choice on Comcast's properties if the