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By: Rob Buti | Chicago SEO

Rob Buti | Chicago SEO — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:48:09 +0000

This is old news but indeed still in the process of reaching their desired goals if everything works. But it seems that it has only worked in Google’s favor as they are dominating the internet. Tough deal so far for Yahoo, but who knows maybe things will pick up for them. Good Luck Yahoo!

By: Jacques Snyman | Website Design

Jacques Snyman | Website Design — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:34:51 +0000

This move has been the subject of much debate, and I for one am interested in seeing the end result of all of this. Does it mean Google is insidiously gobbling up the competition from all angles, or is it paving the way for strategic partnerships where both parties benefit enormously from each others participation?

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By: SEO Mumbai

SEO Mumbai — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:05:22 +0000

That’s a good move by Yahoo. They’re taking a realistic view of the competition with Google by having a tie up with paid ads in the US and Canada. I think it’s a good model to be replicated worldwide

By: Mikey

Mikey — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:54:41 +0000

great move buy yahoo

By: Buzz

Buzz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:14:55 +0000

Google owns the internet. Period.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:27:31 +0000

Pretty sure MSN is now the only one left without a hand in Google’s cookie jar.

So much for competition…

By: Tom Lee

Tom Lee — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:07:41 +0000

Yahoo! Could be up for grabs by Microsoft only if they are willing to pay enough for them, only time will tell who will be the winner in the search war.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:20:05 +0000

I think that this deal with Google is only temporary thing. I’ve heard that Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo’s search engine. I’ll suggest if you decide to sell to offer them not a part like they want but the whole package only this time with little discount like for example 36 $ for a share. I’m sure they will take it and everybody will be happy and later you can buy me a beer for the advice. :)

By: God

God — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:49:37 +0000

I wonder, why Yahoo never got its own Ad-System together. The Overture thingy was/is a pain in the ass.

By: LarsGerd

LarsGerd — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:30:04 +0000

Dear Jerry,

interesting move, but I think you should
focus on new inventions, go new ways to reach
more partners and cutomers to generate
a higher cash flow using your existing
advertising platform.

Best Greetings from Italy.

Sincerely,
Lars

By: Ralph Martinsen

Ralph Martinsen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:48:59 +0000

I held my 5000 shares of Yahoo thru thick and thin. Sold once to take a major loss for tax reasons, then bought back in.

Just sent in my proxy to withold votes for ALL directors.

I am working hard to make some capital gains elsewhere so I can use Yahoo for a balancing loss again

Hope to see you and your poison pill compensation packages in court in the near future.

By: cnick

cnick — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:15:50 +0000

It sounds like Yahoo’s board know what they are doing signing this deal with a giant like Google.

Stakeholders are really upset from last week’s shares prices and i don’t think they will wait long befoe reacting agressively.

By: Amaan Goyal

Amaan Goyal — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:58:14 +0000

I think Jerry you made a decision keeping in mind ecomocis of business. Google and Yahoo command major share of PPC market share. By inking this deal you cement your position and also provide webmasters a tool of using Google Adsense and Yahoo Search Marketing more effectively. The idea at the end of the day is to stay afloat , provide a good service and bring revenues to the company, this deal is a move towards it . Good Luck with the deal and hopefully it works in the interest of both the companies.

By: Toya

Toya — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:10:18 +0000

It is a good news…Good luck!

By: srikanth remani

srikanth remani — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:11:34 +0000

Yahoo! just screwed itself royally. Jerry will the rich but many people who have invested in Yahoo will remain with no profits or enough returns for their retirement. Yahoo! is not entitled to be independent, Microsoft gave it great deals one of the initial ones the dumb Terry Semel turned-down was $41.50 per share. Jerry turned down a 62% premium buy from Microsoft. It is not important for Yahoo! to be independent what is important is the ability to be profitable and give returns to the investors. If Jerry wants Yahoo! independent, he should do a stock buy back and go private. You cant have your cake and eat it too!.

By: Shaon Diwakar

Shaon Diwakar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:39:29 +0000

Indeed a daring move on Yahoos part :-)

With regards to the frustrated shareholders – I can understand their point of view (after all – they finance the company); however this does not give them the insight that management within an organisation has over its domain.

The main goal must be to ensure Yahoo! maintains a successful, profitable business all whilst balancing the firms ethics and responsibilities to its employees. Although forging ties with Google is not new – Google once powered Yahoo’s search engine (in fact this was not too long ago) – and I can’t see how this would be considered “sleeping with the enemy” ?

Best of luck!

By: EdSF

EdSF — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:47:09 +0000

Hmmm, so as an advertiser on Google AdWords, why would I keep my Yahoo Search Ads/Search Marketing (YSM) going?

I’m sorry, this is an overlap for advertisers. We’re obviously NOT going to spend twice for the same “impression”…unless of course YSM will fade into the sunset.

So with that in mind, is this a great move? Honestly, I hope it is…even if that view escapes me.

Best of luck…gotta re-think our spend on YSM and either move most of it to Google AdWords or Microsoft AdCenter…

By: Adi Moga

Adi Moga — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:48:54 +0000

It seams to be a fair game from google. Did you guys tried to make a search engine based on human feelings ?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:40:10 +0000

Congratulations. This is a great move that Yahoo should have done a few years ago!

By: Jonathan Alvarez

Jonathan Alvarez — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:20:08 +0000

Nice for the deal. The future becomes so interesting! Would you can give us a interview for talk about the Yahoo!’s future?
http://highendmagazine.com/2008/06/13/google/

My best

By: Cliff

Cliff — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:07:21 +0000

Google’s knocking on Yahoo’s! door. It won’t be long before Yahoo! goes the way of AltaVista. Yahoo! will soon become another Google domain. Talk about sleeping with the enemy.

By: skeptical

skeptical — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:34:10 +0000

jerry jerry jerry… stock’s down another 3.5% today… when will you blog about the plan to get the stock to the $33 a share level which would have been realized through an acquisition? Really looking forward to seeing this plan… surely you’ve got something up your sleeve to drive this future valuation.

By: andrei

andrei — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:02:24 +0000

Despite this deal Yahoo shares are still low, Microsoft shares are growing and Google just got acces to the Yahoo advertising network. I don’t know if deals with any of the sides (Google or Microsoft) are good for Yahoo. I think that you can find a solution that can keep the company independent.

By: Softview

Softview — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:05:40 +0000

great news!

By: freddyb

freddyb — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:31:19 +0000

how is this a good thing for Yahoo! jerry? this is a desperation move to save face which hands the keys to the kingdom over to google for a small price… i look forward to reading future comments here – i certainly hope that a few Yahoo Employees comment in this space as any equity they have in the company vanishes before their eyes.. $23 a share at present – well played Jerry…. well played….