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Rupert Murdoch: Stupid Like a Fox?

Murdoch is going crazy for sure. Nobody in his/her right mind can think that Google/Bing/Yahoo would cut a deal similar to MySpace. That was a stupid mistake Google made in hopes of keeping the site out of msft's hands. They soon realized it was not worth it. And, that is the reason you don't hear/read about similar deals. Google has hardly anything to loose without WSJ.

Mark Cuban: Internet Media Giants Are One Hit Wonders

And, Cuban is one snake oil salesman. He got lucky that he was able to fool Yahoo into buying his crap for $4 billion dollars at the height of dot com bubble. If he was that smart he would have run the company instead of selling it. His wealth and subsequent acquisitions are all due to a one hit wonder Yahoo! that foolishly bought snake oil from him.

What a Difference a Day Makes: February Internet Searches Down 3%

@hotlanta: Nicely put. Can't agree more.

Top 10 Web Portal Frontpages: February 2009

@jackdee: This is a reference point for portals only that display ads when a user visits it. This sort of data is useful to advertisers who want to measure how many people see their ads vs google where user would see ad only when they search for something.

Share of Online Searches by Engine, January 2009

Nielsen's internet data is not more accurate its TV data. That says enough. As a marketer I'd be interested in ComScore data.

A CEO Who Subtracted Value

May be you should have read it more carefully. It was the story on WSJ that found fault with the legends of software industry and not the Carol Bartz. Please learn to properly read and comprehend English before commenting.


On Jan 18 12:36 AM Talk is Cheap wrote:

> It is easy to blame Gates and Ballmer for missing the internet boat
> but they started a company 30 years back that had revenues of $30
> BILLION in 2008. Yahoo had revenues of around $6 billion and Carol
> worked for a company that had revenues of $1.5 billion.
>
> May be Carol should focus on her current job at Yahoo instead of
> finding faults with the legends of the software industry.

Microsoft Hires Lu, Commences Project Granola

There is a fundamental flaw in the logic. Dr. Lu worked on Panama project - which isn't as big success due to low volume of searches. Microsoft on the other hand has less than half volume than Yahoo. It will take them years to even catch up to Yahoo let alone Google. The only way this would make sense is for Microsoft to take over yahoo search and reaching a point in market share that would make any improvements in monetizing worth a dime. No matter what the so called pundits say there is no way Microsoft can beat Google in search unless it acquires Yahoo!

Intel/Yahoo Joint Venture: Widgets and Idjits

Scott, to respond to your last comment. Yes. At least I want such functionality. May be because I am on the cutting edge of the technology. I won't mind being able to check score or find nearest restaurant using such functionality when TV goes into "advertisement mode".

Intel/Yahoo Joint Venture: Widgets and Idjits

Although this is not going to replace the TVs anytime soon. This has very practical application to a niche market. Internet is becoming utility and in the long run it will be given that most of the electronics will connect to the cloud for something or the other. We are not there yet but, on road for sure.

Intel/Yahoo Joint Venture: Widgets and Idjits

Although this is not going to replace the TVs anytime soon. This has very practical application to a niche market. Internet is becoming utility and in the long run it will be given that most of the electronics will connect to the cloud for something or the other. We are not there yet but, on road for sure.

Yahoo's Management Exodus Could Be a Very Good Thing

I agree with your view. It is surprising to see the same people crying over many of the same executives leave the company who were responsible for the mess the company is in today. I mean, come on; except for Flickr duo everyone was there from 2002 onwards. And, they not only didn't do a very good job of managing the company but also lost to Google. Some more heads should roll too. Somebody like Sue Decker should also be gone. It is surprising that nobody talks about her on the Wall Street inspite of the fact that she is the defacto CEO in the company. Jerry is nothing but a mask for the public while all major internal decisions are make by her.

Updated Yahoo Exec Tracker: 114 Execs Gone in 18 Months

Wow. That means Yahoo! is much cleaner and leaner now than it was 18 months ago. That is always a good sign.

Yahoo's Online Services Continue to Deteriorate

What an idiot? He is crying for $3/year more he is paying to yahoo. Why don't you take a hike? You could have written about more than $3.5 /gallon people are paying because of Oil speculators and lowering value of the dollar.
The same goes for the first commentator. Sir, you are nothing but a racist bigot. I am amazed by the number of idiots who bash Yahoo! for cooperating against Communist China but don't even open their own closet to see that more than 95% of electronics/toys etc are made in china. If you can't stop buying chinese stuff you don't get a leverage to say anything to the Chinese govt. Because, you are not only buying from China but also borrowing from them to Fund your shopping spree. It is that simple. No wonder the Chinese are the largest lenders to the US. So, I'd say go introspect your houses first before bashing one company. Bash US arms/ammunition manufacturers who are stampeding to sell their killing machines to chinese. But, you can't/wont - because the moment you start bashing them - the media will come down on you and start branding you as unpatriotic. No wonder bunch of bozos run this country now.

RBC Analysts: Stay Long Yahoo As Its Possibilities Grow

It is a ridiculous notion that MSFT is bidding against itself. This is not an auction. This is a bargaining table. There is a very big difference between auction and bargaining. In auction, the seller doesn't have any say about the price after minimum price requirement has been met. Thus, a buyer can't bid against itself. But, in bargaining, there IS NO BID. It is simply a process in which the buyer offers the price and the seller would accept it if it is acceptable to him/her. If rejected, the obvious next step for the buyer is to increase the offer or go take a hike.
This is an unsolicited offer to acquire a company that was not for sale. So, unless MSFT is willing to pay enough money to satisfy YHOO board/shareholders; I don't see this deal going through. Now, I can't speculate on the numbers but, at this point; it seems to be higher than $31 per share.

Microsoft Should Call Yahoo's Bluff and Refuse to Raise Its Bid

Not so fast Randy. Now, people know how badly msft wants yahoo. backing down from the bid isn't going to help msft anyways as it is already bleeding through MSN. Inspite of online ad industry's double digit growth MSN has been bleeding hundreds of millions every year. And, with industry growing to 80 bill in 2011 from 40 bill today; I don't see how msft is going to get a major chunk of it without Yahoo's help. To me it seems that msft needs yahoo more than yahoo needs msft. Probably yahoo shareholders needed this before msft's offer. Those who wanted to get out, are already out as they have made profits on their yahoo investment. Only long term holders would be holding on to their stocks. And, they know patience.