Microsoft has bought Multimap to help grow its UK web business.

Multimap is one of the UK’s top 10 visited websites, receiving away above 10 million users each month.

Microsoft hopes that the acquisition “will play a significant role in the future growth of our search business”.

Sharon Baylay, general manager of the Online Services Group at Microsoft, said that the deal with Multimap presented “a huge opportunity to expand our platform business beyond the UK and globally”.

Multimap has a presence in 48 countries. more here

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