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March Online Search Market: A Rare Dip for Google

Google is the King and a 1/2 percent gain or loss in a month means nothing statistically.
On the other hand the move up by MSN is notable.

Is the MySpace Deal Backfiring on Google?

Is MySpace (FIM) allowed as part of the deal with Google to place their own "home (FIM) spun" ads on MySpace pages?

Google Fires Back: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Raises “Troubling Questions”

LOL, at Google.

Crybabies. GOOG is not protector of the internet.
I thought the Boeing 757 was the "jump the shark" moment but this tops it.

Internet Stocks Aren't Immune to a Recession

You might add LookSmart to your list. They are in the midst of pricing a dutch auction style share buyback between $3.40 and $4.15. They will buy back up to 20 mil. worth hoping to take back 4 mil. plus shares.
The auction ends Feb. 13. The stock seems a safe play in this range at least until then.

Microsoft to Take $240M Facebook Stake, Become Exclusive Ad Platform

You may be right, MSFT has been unkind to LookSmart. for instance their VP of Search Christopher Payne said one month before they canned LookSmart, "We will stick with LookSmart."

Whatever their plans for self serve PPC is it was underway before they chose Gates and Co.
As a matter of fact their Flyer Pro ad platform may just be the LookSmart AdCenter in action, disguised well.
As for the term "spamcenter", you sound bitter. Please explain.

Microsoft to Take $240M Facebook Stake, Become Exclusive Ad Platform

Facebook will not be using the Microsoft adCenter to push PPC ads to user profiles.
MSFT essentially has arranged to deliver display ads to FB and little more, possibly their search will enter in at some point.
Facebook leased LookSmart's AdCenter in June of 2006 and has not yet put it in play. As we know they are to announce their new ad platform on November 6th.
Since they did not know if Google or Microsoft were to be the suitor of choice until today how could they have been considering MSFT adCenter if they had any ideas on going to Google?
I believe their home grown ad platform will be a form of the leased (private labeled) LookSmart AdCenter. Since AdCenter is leased to scale it appears LookSmart is deeply undervalued currently.
Just a thought from a LOOK shareholder.

Facebook's CPC Hyper-Targeting May Challenge Google

Sounds like they are finally putting the AdCenter leased from LookSmart (under white label) to work here.
Good move overall.