Comments on: Will Microsoft get Yahoo on sale? http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: The Doug http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1257 The Doug Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:05:56 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1257 Ha ha! You give good comment, Nick. Yes, it will most definitely take an advanced ability to topple Google. The first step will be to find something that gets enough buzz, and they better hope that they have some things up their sleeves once they get the buzz. Ha ha! You give good comment, Nick. Yes, it will most definitely take an advanced ability to topple Google. The first step will be to find something that gets enough buzz, and they better hope that they have some things up their sleeves once they get the buzz.

]]> By: Nick James http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1260 Nick James Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:35:53 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1260 But back in days of AOL, search engines were not the complex beings they are today. It was the fact that Google greatly improved search and search relevancy that put them at the top of their game. In my opinion, it's going to take something just as advanced (maybe something along the lines of Yahoo's stab at semantic search) to topple that. Without this advancement, it's going to be very difficult to gain a substantial foothold. In the UK at least, Google is the byword for search. Who knows? I'm probably barking up the wrong tree entirely, and will one day find myself eating these recklessly chosen words. :) But back in days of AOL, search engines were not the complex beings they are today. It was the fact that Google greatly improved search and search relevancy that put them at the top of their game. In my opinion, it’s going to take something just as advanced (maybe something along the lines of Yahoo’s stab at semantic search) to topple that. Without this advancement, it’s going to be very difficult to gain a substantial foothold. In the UK at least, Google is the byword for search.
Who knows? I’m probably barking up the wrong tree entirely, and will one day find myself eating these recklessly chosen words. :)

]]> By: The Doug http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1258 The Doug Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:04:32 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1258 Exactly, Jennifer! I also can't help but think of the one hardly anyone thinks of anymore, and that's the phone company. I remember when there was only one, LOL. Exactly, Jennifer! I also can’t help but think of the one hardly anyone thinks of anymore, and that’s the phone company. I remember when there was only one, LOL.

]]> By: The Doug http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1259 The Doug Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:03:32 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1259 Hi Make Money Blogging. It's not that Yahoo WANTS to sell, it's that they want to get their shares up to $40 per share, and the Microsoft bid was unsolicited but would have earned them so much more than what they were sitting at per share, so the shareholders raised a little bit of a fuss, making the executive body have to look for other ways to increase the share value. Hi Make Money Blogging. It’s not that Yahoo WANTS to sell, it’s that they want to get their shares up to $40 per share, and the Microsoft bid was unsolicited but would have earned them so much more than what they were sitting at per share, so the shareholders raised a little bit of a fuss, making the executive body have to look for other ways to increase the share value.

]]> By: Make Money Blogging http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1261 Make Money Blogging Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:24:05 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1261 I really didnt think this was going to go through but after reading the above it sounds like just a matter of time. Why are Yahoo wanting to sell? I really didnt think this was going to go through but after reading the above it sounds like just a matter of time. Why are Yahoo wanting to sell?

]]> By: Jennifer Osborne http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1262 Jennifer Osborne Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:16:25 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1262 Remember when Google first started Alta Vista was dominating the market. You never know who's going to come out with the next best thing. If that were to happen I doubt people would show brand loyalty to a search engine. Also, although Google has the search market share if MSN were to buy Yahoo who's the underdog in that scenario? Remember when Google first started Alta Vista was dominating the market.

You never know who’s going to come out with the next best thing. If that were to happen I doubt people would show brand loyalty to a search engine.

Also, although Google has the search market share if MSN were to buy Yahoo who’s the underdog in that scenario?

]]> By: Nick James http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1263 Nick James Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:10:26 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1263 Agreed, Doug. But whether that hunger can manifest into a feasible crack at the monopoly beast, is a different matter. I think if nobody can hold a candle to Google at the moment, whilst competition (in whatever form) exists, once they've consolidated that monopoly, the task will a practically unassailable one. I hope I'm proved to be wrong, but I can see the only way that the crown will slip from Google's head is by their own hand, not anybody elses. Interesting debate :) Agreed, Doug. But whether that hunger can manifest into a feasible crack at the monopoly beast, is a different matter. I think if nobody can hold a candle to Google at the moment, whilst competition (in whatever form) exists, once they’ve consolidated that monopoly, the task will a practically unassailable one.
I hope I’m proved to be wrong, but I can see the only way that the crown will slip from Google’s head is by their own hand, not anybody elses.
Interesting debate :)

]]> By: The Doug http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1264 The Doug Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:51:55 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1264 I agree with you, Nick. It must be a little bit painful to have a competitor come in and take over. They have, however, created enough time for implementing things such as the salary safety nets. Also, although a monopoly in any industry is always looked upon poorly, it sure does create a hunger to break it, don't you find? I agree with you, Nick. It must be a little bit painful to have a competitor come in and take over. They have, however, created enough time for implementing things such as the salary safety nets. Also, although a monopoly in any industry is always looked upon poorly, it sure does create a hunger to break it, don’t you find?

]]> By: Nick James http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1265 Nick James Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:49:50 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/will-microsoft-get-yahoo-on-sale.html#comment-1265 I think Yahoo are currently just praying in the hope that some Guardian Angel will swoop down from the heavens to buy them out. Their delay in accepting a Microsoft offer seems to be more of a last ditch attempt at a face-saving exercise. One that, if the shareholders are successful in their lawsuits, could blow up in their collective faces. It's a sad time for search engines, with no feasible competition in the running, and a Google monopoly ever closer. A private monopoly in any industry can never be a good thing. I think Yahoo are currently just praying in the hope that some Guardian Angel will swoop down from the heavens to buy them out.
Their delay in accepting a Microsoft offer seems to be more of a last ditch attempt at a face-saving exercise. One that, if the shareholders are successful in their lawsuits, could blow up in their collective faces.
It’s a sad time for search engines, with no feasible competition in the running, and a Google monopoly ever closer. A private monopoly in any industry can never be a good thing.

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