Comments on: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for 44b http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/ Website Promotion, Generating Revenue, Website Management Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: satish http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-24297 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:13:30 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-24297 It is ideal for microsoft to go for the deal . Yahoo has a good customer base which MS could utilise . If they want to make the kill this is the time as yahoo is facing a downturn . Oppurtunities arise only from crises .

]]> By: Dan Grossman http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-23432 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:40:09 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-23432 You’re assuming the purchase is only about getting their search volume. It’s not. Yahoo!’s got more display advertising than anyone else, including entire networks under their wing. They’ve got huge non-search audience that’s just as monetizable as search queries. Considering Microsoft’s only really successful web property is MSN, they’d be expanding their interactive media division by a huge amount here.

]]> By: Dan http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-23275 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:17:57 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-23275 Plenty on the wires this morning about Yahoo! trying to restart talks with AOL about a possible merger to stave off M$ “undervalued” offer.

]]> By: Colin http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-23122 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:12:09 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-23122 I was surprised by this news too. It’ll be an interesting one.

]]> By: Dan http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-22864 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:54:03 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-22864 Don’t speak too soon…http://www.nma.co.uk/Articles/36731/Yahoo!+looks+to+Google+to+fight+Microsoft+bid.html

]]> By: JR http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-22592 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:37:31 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-22592 So you’re saying Yahoo has got the market but their mill doesn’t work right… and MS knows how to fix it.
That makes it a good deal than.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-22474 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:43:18 +0000 http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/02/01/microsoft-offers-to-buy-yahoo-for-44m/#comment-22474 MSN is definitely the best converter…no argument there. I’m guessing this is due to Susy-computer-user buying her new Dell with Windows XP, defaulting to MSN.com, then searching on ‘coach handbags’.

Live.com has been having quite a few problems lately with their search engine. And it is still plagued with spam and garbage many times over Yahoo or Google.

Yahoo’s search engine is far ahead of Microsoft’s. You would think Microsoft could create a proper working engine, but maybe they would rather purchase the technology.

I have been noticing symptoms of Live.com being broken at various times over the past 6 months… but here are some links if you don’t trust my judgement.

http://www.google.com/base/a/2953513/D5617347428396364573
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/070819-095338
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/016014.html

I get the impression that Microsoft has the people and leadership to compete with Google (somewhat), but not the search technology.

Then add in movies.yahoo, flickr, games.yahoo, and other popular services as a big bonus.

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