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How Microsoft Could Kill Google on the Web

This is just one of the worst thought out ideas I've ever seen - were you smoking something funny?

Two important reasons this won't work

1) Advertisers go were the eyeballs are. The Superbowl demands a price of over $2.5mil for a 30 second ad, and they are always sold out. No matter how many advertisers sign up with MSN, you can't force a user to use their search engine.

2) You may entice small "Mom & Pop" companies to switch, but where is the incentive for a larger company? All this would do is allow a company to advertise in two places for the same price.

However, if the point is to lose money, this is certainly a great strategy.

Yahoo / MSFT Deal at $31 Now "Inevitable" - Piper Jaffray

Watching the recent theatrics from the MSFT YHOO deal just seems to illustrate why MSFT is one of the most powerful corps on earth, and why YHOO can't find their way with a roadmap.

Will Microsoft Make Yahoo Pay for Its Obstinacy?

Yahoo execs must have really short memories, or be as dumb as a bag of hammers.

To begin with, MS did not get to the position it is in now by playing nice. They are the biggest kid in the school yard, and they aren't afraid to use that to their advantage.

Second, Yahoo's belief that they are worth $45 a share is just a total joke. If they are worth that much why did the market value them below $20? Moreover, why won't anyone else step forward in the white knight role?

It's a good thing I'm not a Yahoo shareholder so I can just sit back and laugh from the sidelines.