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Microsoft And Yahoo:Together At Last - Zalfor - 2009-07-29
From Google News:
Quote:After years of courting, Microsoft Corp. has reached a deal with Yahoo Inc. to pool their resources on internet search, the lucrative business technology rival Google Inc. dominates.
Under terms of the agreement announced Wednesday, the two companies will pool their relative strengths in the search business, with Microsoft using its technology to power Yahoo searches while Yahoo puts its sales force to work to attract premium search advertisers.
The two companies said in a joint news release they hope the deal will help lead to faster, better and more relevant results for web users and advertisers when conducting online searches.
The 10-year deal will allow Microsoft to introduce its new search engine, called Bing, to more customers. In return, Yahoo will get to keep 88 per cent of the revenue from all search ad sales on its site for the first five years of the deal and gain the right to sell ads on some Microsoft sites.
Google had 65 per cent of the internet search traffic in the United States in June, according to the latest report from online tracker comScore. Yahoo and Microsoft sites were in second and third place in the search market, but trailed far behind with 19.6 per cent and 8.4 per cent in market share.
Microsoft had gained 0.4 per cent of the U.S. online search market share in the last month, however, while Yahoo's share dropped by 0.5 per cent.
Gartner Inc. analyst Neil MacDonald said the recent success of Bing helped make the deal happen.
"I think it put pressure on Yahoo, as well as Yahoo not being able to turn it around on its own," said MacDonald.
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said the deal is the beginning of a new era of innovation and development for the internet and will bring value to Yahoo.
"This deal will help us increase our investments in priority areas in winning audience properties, display advertising capabilities and mobile experiences," she said.
Yahoo estimates the deal will boost annual profit by $500 million and save the company about $275 million on capital expenditures as it turns over some of the search technology costs to Microsoft.
Me oh my, it seems Yahoo has hit the jackpot with this deal. Not only do they get a major increase of ad revenue to their site from pretty much Microsoft-only clients, they'll gain a good 775 million dollars a year for at least the first 5 years from simply trying to promote Microsoft until it becomes able to take on both search engines. In financial terms, that's a good say 3.8 BILLION dollars. And they're both still going to be separate companies.
Has Microsoft gone off the plank with this one? Or just went with plan B? I got to give them props for not wanting to pay more than 47.5 billion dollars for a company as volatile as Yahoo.
So, a good idea, or an insanely bad idea?
Microsoft And Yahoo:Together At Last - shroum - 2009-07-29
Zalfor Wrote:So, a good idea, or an insanely bad idea?
3.8 billion dollars on pixels will always be a bad idea.
Microsoft And Yahoo:Together At Last - Derimed - 2009-07-29
ROFL I knew clicking this thread it would be against Google. Bill Gates should've crushed them when they were an infant company now, their stuff is for the most part better than Microsoft. They're desperate to get Google's market share, and it's showing.
I remember way back in the day, Hotmail was "the best email provider." They would delete all your emails and set your account to inactive if you didn't log in once in 30 days, and they didn't have a lot of space to the account. They stopped doing that crap after Gmail came out, but even with all their upgrades Gmail is still way better.
Microsoft And Yahoo:Together At Last - Christopher - 2009-07-29
Quantact Wrote:ROFL I knew clicking this thread it would be against Google. Bill Gates should've crushed them when they were an infant company now, their stuff is for the most part better than Microsoft. They're desperate to get Google's market share, and it's showing.
Apple said to Microsoft "Please don't bash our quality computers. They really aren't that expensive! [SIZE="1"]after we bumped down the price once we saw your ads[/SIZE]."
Apple said to Google "We're removing all apps that are related to Google Voice from the app stare. Have a great day"
Apple sure is butthurt
Microsoft And Yahoo:Together At Last - FelixTM - 2009-07-29
I will always use Google. About the only that is ever going to change is if Microsoft starts paying me.
Microsoft And Yahoo:Together At Last - elbapotsnugg - 2009-07-29
google has already made me about $100
so im sticking with it
why do the mean microsoft and yahoo want to hurt my google >
Microsoft And Yahoo:Together At Last - Bws2cool - 2009-07-29
Google will always pwn Microsoft and Yahoo.
Microsoft And Yahoo:Together At Last - Derimed - 2009-07-29
Chris9292 Wrote:Apple said to Microsoft "Please don't bash our quality computers. They really aren't that expensive! [SIZE="1"]after we bumped down the price once we saw your ads[/SIZE]."
Apple said to Google "We're removing all apps that are related to Google Voice from the app stare. Have a great day"
Apple sure is butthurt
Well, that forced Apple to get a real job, and now they have the iPod, which is one of my favorite gadgets. Competitive market = win for the customers.