Yahoo, Microsoft partnership deal near

[JoinStation]

A mega partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft, nearly a year and a half in the making, may finally be nearing reality.

[falguni1]

any reliable source for this.

[holdmoon]

is this true?

[JoinStation]

read through somewhere but cant remember. Perhaps you can go through news.google.com and check it out.

[FoxIX]

It's true! I was reading it earlier myself. You can find it at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5415d954-7301-11de-ad98-00144feabdc0.html for info.

[qazu]

Wow, that's quite interesting. But I don't see it happening.

[designknick]

While it may benefit both companies to partner with one another, I do believe that they would really have to put in some heavy work to overcome Google. The big G has a hold on so much of the internet. And, although I think other search engines are far more reliable in terms of delivering accurate results then Google, the fact of the matter is that they are the most widely used. Perhaps Microsoft and Yahoo should consider offering more incentives and better incentives to attract people to them.

[Luke Beale]

Doesn't sound like a good deal for Yahoo as they make a lot from their SE.

[drgeorgep]

Hi ... the article, about MS and Yahoo, is an especially good analysis, for such a brief space. If MS and Yahoo find a way to partner, the result is control of about 1/3 of the search engine industry. Google has about 65%, of the industry activity, but that's against one major and ineffectual competitor, Yahoo, and a great many small or tiny competitors. Given MS brings substantial vertical and horizontal integration to the table, not to mention more than a generation of increasingly solid management experience, the search engine playing field might well tip away from google. The tilt away from google won't be huge, maybe 15% over 5 years, but it starts the chipping process. As google hasn't shown especially strong management, yet, it's its own worst enemy, for the moment. Success when there's no meaningful competition is not an indicator of strong management.

[lifeplayer]

This deal is carry out very long time

[hbl]

Seriously doubt it.

[digitalduke]

SO now it takes Yahoo and Microsoft to defeat the giant Google? I heard Google will soon launch its first OS in near future..
The next few years will be the wars of the giants in the internet which would be interesting to see...

[Spirit Walker]

No, I have heard that Yahoo declined Microsoft.

But still if you have a relaible source please post.

[gbit]

What are they thinking to kick Google out ?

[FoxIX]

I don't think it's about challenging google. They would be mad to think that they could, but as mentioned in the article, it would save them a lot of money and "a penny saved is a penny earned". They would be able to recuperate enough market share with the combined knowledge of both companies.

I agree with you Luke, it is certainly not looking like a good deal for yahoo. Let's hope they get more out of it than a few million dollars and even smaller regular payments.

imo, this deal will go ahead; there has been too many man hours and money invested in this deal so far just to let it go sour. With Qi Lu now on board with microsoft the relationship between the two companies can only sweeten. There just needs to be a bit of lee-way from both parties otherwise it'll be stalemate still when google has released its operating system and has gained even more market share.

[jezzz]

Wow! Sounds interesting But they wont be able to compete Google! Class

[mpreyesmr]

Google must be up to something, or else they wouldn't boost down to Yahoo's level.

[JoinStation]

Who knows.. 2 Giant is cooperation now...Perhaps will come out a totally new search engine and much more powerful than ever...

[soniqhost.com]

any reliable source for this.

I think the wall street journal is reporting it also, yahoo board is meeting this weekend to discuss the deal

[soniqhost.com]

A mega partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft, nearly a year and a half in the making, may finally be nearing reality.

I don't know who big the deal will be, maybe yahoo is just outsouring their search to microsoft

[JoinStation]

Maybe also... But when it done, i believe, we as the user will enjoy the benefit form it..

[Radz]

i heared yahoo already denied it? :rolleyes:

[mpreyesmr]

Well, I hope yahoo and microsoft the best. Them coming to an agreement might be better for the search engine industry in general.

[JoinStation]

Ya, perhaps it will improve in search engine functionality or any others fields... Cheers..! :)

[JoinStation]

At this moment, for me personally feel, SE to choose, after Google, will be Yahoo. Hope after combine, it can be my no 1 choice.

[sc18]

It will be an interesting deal but it will benefit Microsoft more

[FoxIX]

I hate to say I told you so, but.. Wait! I love saying it. Duh. FoxIX meet FoxIX

Yes. Anyhoo, the deal has gone through. Getting exciting now; I can barely sit still! Is it going to be called Binhoo? Yang? Hmm... The possibilities. Will this help us adsense users to earn more? We shall have to wait and see!

[newlogo]

yeah its officially announce in news paper

[cvscouponb]

reality already
so much discusssion abt it
I just curious abt G's reaction

[miles2go]

Their is through for 10 year agreement. They work together to beat google

[NatashaMe]

Since there is no reliable post about this issue then consider it
as not true...

[Rudy1211]

Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer and Yahoo's new CEO, Carol Bartz, have reached an advertising deal that will last 10 years. This was announced on July 29th. This deal is not expected to be completed until next year. For more, please see: Yahoo – Microsoft Reach Ad Deal (http://r-rwebdesign.com/blog/?p=616)

[amyo11]

this deal has aleady done