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eagle

Yahoo in Talks With Google To Handle Some Search Ads

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

poison pill?

Would MS still want Yahoo if they had to honor big G's add on little Y's web properties?

Haha!

Bass
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

That's slick. (Assuming Yahoo agreed to some unbreakable agreement)

DigitalDud

Can you say anti-trust?

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

eagle wrote:
Yahoo in Talks With Google To Handle Some Search Ads

Please post some commentary. Link and run is not good, I'm sure you have something to say of your own about the topic.

Also, do not obscure the URL.

Thanks.

tgraupmann
tgraupmann

Yahoo has low quality less relevant ads. By placing Google ads in Yahoo ad space, the relevancy will increase and result in a better user experience. Plus by showing more relevant ads, it will increase Yahoo and Google profits.

eagle

Anybody can try linking directly to the WSJ and as for commentry Oh nooooooooese is the point I wanted to make.

Where is your commentry, or we're you running away?

jason818_253.33
Yippi skippy

commentary:
Microsoft did come in above the price value of Yahoos shares.Yahoo sees their value not just in the price of their stock but in that it helps change the terrain of the playing field between Microsoft and say some other large tech corporation. Say, some one like Google. Yahoo is flexing its muscle or rearing its head in a defensive posture. Saying stand back Microsoft or at least make us a bigger offer. In my opinion yahoo has every right to see if they can get out of this half nelson wrestling move proposed by Microsoft.

evildictaitor
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Minh wrote:
poison pill?

Would MS still want Yahoo if they had to honor big G's add on little Y's web properties?

But if Microsoft buys out Yahoo they don't have to honour Yahoo's agreements made after Microsoft made clear its intention to buy...

eagle

A contract is a contract.

magicalclick

Yeah, Yahoo currently going on about a lot of crap deals so MS will be discouraged. Oh well, if Yahoo prefer Google's search domination (or call it monopoly even though it wasn't entirely accurate), it is their decision. If I am MS, I am certainly lose the interest of the purchase.

phreaks

Yahoo feels their real value is so much higher based on what?

Online advertising is weak, and that's where Yahoo generates the majority of it's revenue.

Great, they don't have any Mortgage Backed Securities or CDS's to worry about; but what can they really say to realistically prove their higher stock value?

*crickets*

That's what I thought.

Chart for Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO)

eagle

Brad Smith wrote:
Any definitive agreement between Yahoo! and Google would consolidate over 90% of the search advertising market in Google’s hands. This would make the market far less competitive, in sharp contrast to our own proposal to acquire Yahoo! We will assess closely all of our options. Our proposal remains the only alternative put forward that offers Yahoo! shareholders full and fair value for their shares, gives every shareholder a vote on the future of the company, and enhances choice for content creators, advertisers, and consumers.

WoW Live Search is only 10% ?!?!?!?!

eagle

Yahoo, AOL Close In on Tie-Up Deal

Under the terms being discussed, Time Warner would fold its AOL unit into Yahoo and make a cash investment in return for about 20% of the combined entity

eagle

Microsoft Said to Be Talking With News Corporation About Joint Yahoo Bid

— Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions. The combination, which would join Yahoo

evildictaitor
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eagle wrote:
A contract is a contract.

I know full damn well what a contract is. I also know that under the merger if a contract is made with a direct competitor after a statement of intended acquisition is filed it may be claimed that the contract is a Poison Pill contract and can be declared illegal in view of the fact that it is not in the shareholder's interests.

eagle

evildictaitor wrote:

eagle wrote: A contract is a contract.

I know full damn well what a contract is.

Evedently you don't evildick

Massif
aim stupidly high, expect to fail often.

eagle wrote:

evildictaitor wrote:

eagle wrote: A contract is a contract.

I know full damn well what a contract is.

Evedently you don't evildick

Loud Sirens wrote:

Alert! Alert!

Oh dear, that was my "failed insult" alarm.

Sorry, but you'll have to go back to spelling school before trying to insult anyone else. Thanks for playing! Big Smile

jamie
say what!?

"The report noted the deal would mashup Microsoft's MSN and News Corp's Fox Interactive Media unit, which oversees MySpace, with Yahoo. "

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9916001-7.html?tag=nefd.top

MicroFox ... great.

maybe my Bush/Ballmer comparisons wernt so silly after all .. and I still say MS-CNN is the way to go

(alot of people HATE FOX)

edit: best case scenario = yahoo does get AOL for 20% = time warner content (assumed) = cnn then MS gets them all

...so why is FOX involved?

eagle

Last night I was watching the Yankee game on the YES Network and a Live Fox comerical came on to tell us Yahoo! and Google would consolidate over 90% of the search advertising market

evildictaitor
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eagle wrote:
Evedently

lol

eagle

Massif and evildictaitor are not words found in any dictionary

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

eagle wrote:
Massif and evildictaitor are not words found in any dictionary

"Jerk", on the other hand, is.

Please behave like a grownup, ok?

eagle

If you have nothing to contribute to the subject this thread why are you back again?

Bass
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

evildictaitor wrote:

eagle wrote:A contract is a contract.

I know full damn well what a contract is. I also know that under the merger if a contract is made with a direct competitor after a statement of intended acquisition is filed it may be claimed that the contract is a Poison Pill contract and can be declared illegal in view of the fact that it is not in the shareholder's interests.

Even if that's true, how would that reverse the damage that's been done? All the advertisers Google picked up from Yahoo are suddenly going to be forced to pay Microsoft or something instead? Somehow I doubt it.