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Yahoo's New Search Interface? That's Bing to You

Though there are superficial similarities, I don't think they're any greater than the superficial similarities between Yahoo! search and Google search. Yahoo! won't be using any Microsoft search technology for a long time.

Quite a lot of the search experience happens in the front end, layered on top of (and modifying) the algorithmic results. Yahoo! should still be able to differentiate and innovate to offer things that Microsoft can't.

Yahoo-Microsoft Deal: Long Term Merger Arbitrage?

The rest of the piece is, I think, just wrong on a bunch of points, but "Yahoo is finally embracing the fact that it is not a true tech firm or development shop." shows utterly no awareness of the level of technology involved in building and running a property on the scale of Yahoo!

Bing's Gains Are Coming from Yahoo's Hide

Oh, come on. The table you posted as support shows that the month-to-month shifts in both Yahoo and Microsoft are well within the typical month-to-month shifts over the last year. Looking at that chart, I'd say that AOL looks like a more likely source than Microsoft (much larger shift as a percentage of its total). Did you actually look at that chart?

Bing Could Ding Yahoo, Not Just Google

I really don't get the complaints about "the yahoo page" looking too much like a portal. Go to search.yahoo.com and you get a naked search box. But who ever goes to a page to search? That's what the search box in your browser tool bar is for...

Should Google Be Paranoid About Losing the Android Name?

I showed this to an IP lawyer I know. Her comment was:

It's interesting--the article doesn't sound like it's written by someone who knows much about trademarks. The whole reason that the app is suspended is that Google has appealed the examiner's decision to the TTAB, and that proceeding has only just started. So the dispute at the PTO is a long way from over yet...

Both parties have defined their listing of goods/services fairly narrowly (which the article doesn't even touch on), so I wouldn't be overly surprised if the TTAB ruled in Google's favor. But it's kind of a toss up.

WSJ Says Carol Bartz to Be New Yahoo CEO - Is That a Good Thing?

In what sense does "served on the board of X with" imply "is an ally of" or "has close ties to"? That's the same kind of fuzzy thought that the Republicans got in trouble with. Yes, they are acquainted with each other, but if you're going to claim they're allies or closely tied, you'd better have more evidence than being members of the ssome other company's Board together.

On Yahoo/ Microsoft: Jerry Yang Should Be Fired

I suspect Jerry will be happy to find a new CEO in the near future - I don't think he particularly wanted to have that role.

People who think Yahoo should have sold are idiots who think the market fairly values things. It's gambling, folks - today people feel good about you tomorrow they think you're going down hill, a week from now they may think you're the smartest thing they ever saw. All that matters is where they think, today, you're going to get to.

Yahoo on its own has a lot more upside potential than Microsoft - the odds on Yahoo doubling or tripling its stock price are way higher than that kind of change in Microsoft's stock. Yahoo has been up before and it can certainly be up again. Selling it to the wreckers for salvage would have been idiotic if the leadership believes the company is turning around.