Google and Yahoo are examining ways — yet again — to work collectively.

The companies confirmed to The New York Times they’re now examining a venture which will see search advertising and Google supply search results to Yahoo. The discovery was initially reported by Aaron Wall of SEO Book, a business which specializes in search engine optimization. Now, the arrangement might not translate to a real deal and is simply a test.

“There’s nothing farther to share right now.”

Google didn’t immediately react to a request for opinion.

With almost 71 percent market share based on data from NetMarketShare Google is the world’s most famous search engine. The Bing search engine of Microsoft is put with a 10 percent share between the two.

To power its search results, Microsoft inked a 10-year pact with Yahoo in 2009. The deal, which likewise contained a revenue sharing arrangement with search advertising, paved the way for the fledgling Bing search engine of Microsoft to obtain substantial market share. The notion that Google is currently possibly moving in on the land of Microsoft, yet, cannot sit well with the Redmond, Washington-based technology giant. What is worse, there’s probably little that the “cellular-first, cloud-first” business can do about it.

Microsoft didn’t immediately react to a request for opinion.

An integral element in that adjustment is the skill to associate with other businesses for Yahoo to power its search platform, Microsoft’s Bing still delivers as long as 51 percent of all search results.

Microsoft has, in part, maintained its share of the search engine marketplace through partnerships. Along with Yahoo!, Microsoft’s Bing search platform powers the Web search assembled into the Spotlight program in OS X operating systems and Apple’s iOS.

Microsoft has lost some crucial deals, including one with Facebook in December.

Really consenting to conditions, nevertheless, could be the sticking point for Yahoo and Google. The businesses in 2008 tried to ink a search-advertising deal that will have enabled Google to put its advertising on Yahoo search results. After months of regulatory question and complaints from rivals, including Microsoft, the deal was scuttled and Yahoo and Google parted ways.

The landscape has shifted in the past several years and Yahoo no longer holds as big a piece of internet advertising space and the search. If a deal is signed between the firms, it is possible regulatory hurdles could be beat by it, particularly in light of the on-going deal with Microsoft.