> What I heard on the radio is that M$ is looking to buy Yahoo! They > tried about a year ago, I think, and it did not pan out. But as Google > expands, the purchase makes more sense. If M$ just keeps Yahoo! afloat, > I think it will be good. But if M$ tries to change Yahoo!, it's going > to be over for both of them and then Google will be virtually unopposed. > So this could be the move of the millennium.
I would think a good business move for MS would be to buy Yahoo, but don't consume it, as you say. Consuming it would shrink their combined user base most likely versus expanding or maintaining it. They can, however, share search technology, advertising networks, etc., which could be a very good thing overall. Right now Yahoo's advertising network has some major problems-- it seems for the advertisers, click fraud seems to run rampant. On the publisher side, it's almost impossible to get context-relevent ads to appear... I'm not sure about Microsoft's efforts on this-- I believe they are still getting their advertising network off the ground, but I could be mistaken... Hopefully the merging of ideas, resources, and technologies could make great strides in this area-- a realistic(i.e. good) alternative to Google's Adwords and Adsense is very much needed... -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
