Microsoft to buy Yahoo

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there goes my no1 spot in yahoo

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I only hope MSN doesn't disable the linkdomain / backlink search at yahoo

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I only hope MSN doesn't disable the linkdomain / backlink search at yahoo
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Agreed - i am kind of hoping if this does go ahead - they will leave Yahoo to it hopefully - in my opinion yahoo has a better search which is one of the reasons they want to buy yahoo

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UKWebmasterForum said: ↑

I just can't believe the size of the prices in today's acquisitions, 44 billion! Wow, so much could be done with that money it is unreal.
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Yes indeed, that is a lot of money! I hope they give Google some serious competition, just because I think competition is a good thing.

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I sincerely hope that, if Yahoo is bought out, it is by Microsoft. I don't want to see a monopoly (more than it already is). I don't know that Microsoft buying out Yahoo will be enough. I think Microsoft is too slow to move and not innovative enough to be competitive.

I think if Google buys Yahoo, it would mean the end of Yahoo.

The merger dance: Microsoft or Google+Yahoo?

Microsoft + Yahoo

Combined, Yahoo and Microsoft have the two most powerful portals. While Yahooâ€™s star has been fading, largely because they missed the social networking wave that favored their model, Microsoft has been chasing that star and Yahoo, through their chat properties, actually has the strongest existing foundation for such a move. Microsoft has invested in Facebook, which blocked Google, and Facebook is currently considered to be the strongest of the social networking properties. If, and this is a really big if, Microsoft can integrate and bring all of this to bear they should be able to slow Googleâ€™s growth significantly but likely not stop it because the advantage Google has is being built into the behavior of folks browsing the web.

On the other hand, when looking across Googleâ€™s quarterly reports, it would appear that there is a trend (assuming the fourth quarter isnâ€™t a fluke) for web users to go increasingly to locations like Amazon and Facebook and not first to Google, suggesting a strong portal strategy could eventually reduce significantly Googleâ€™s web presence, power, and revenue.

The Merger technically should be comparatively easy, given a lot of commonality between Yahoo and Microsoft in terms of tools. The Yahoo culture is unique though and there it is likely that there will be an elimination of common services. But Microsoft is more experienced in people management and high performing employees would likely be safer (assuming they can adapt to the Microsoft culture) than they were under Yahoo alone.

Google + Yahoo?

If Microsoftâ€™s acquisition of Yahoo fails, and in anticipation of that, Google is likely to bid against Microsoft to either take the company away or make the acquisition painfully expensive, should Microsoft win. But, clearly, this is not as natural a move for Google and their first likely strong block will likely be on anti-trust grounds; however given their power in this space, the success of this is far from a given.

The combination of the Yahoo and Google has less common ground, as Googleâ€™s model is not based on owning content, but is rather based on owning the path to it. Google would not be as interested in keeping Yahoo alive and may find that shutting large portions down will better fit its long term model and plans. In short, since the goal of this would be to block Microsoft, their task is far easier in that making Yahoo work isnâ€™t critical to the success of their plans.

Googleâ€™s culture would actually be favored over Microsoftâ€™s by the employees, but Google would cut dramatically deeper than either Yahoo alone or Microsoft with Yahoo would do. This should have the executive team at Yahoo favor Microsoft in this instance. Coupled with Googleâ€™s stock slide resulting from missing analyst expectations with its latest financial report, Google is at a slight disadvantage right now, should both companies decide that Yahoo is a must win acquisition.

Technically, the two properties are very far apart and Google would be tempted to remove much of Yahooâ€™s technical staff quickly. However, if they plan to preserve the sites, they will need to keep this staff on-board during the transition. This staff will know their time is limited to the existence of their existing system, which makes it more difficult to motivate and get the job done right. In short, theyâ€™ll know that theyâ€™ll likely be laid off if they complete their tasks. They are likely to drag their feet in a Google-Yahoo scenario.
In both instances, common support staff is at risk because Microsoft and Google can rapidly take these common services under their existing service umbrella.

What results?

Under Microsoft, you will likely see a much higher integration with Microsoftâ€™s other properties and some combination between Yahooâ€™s chat rooms and Microsoftâ€™s social networking sites. Yahoo will likely accelerate its technology and look more different than it is today - and more consistent with Microsoftâ€™s other properties.

With Google, there is a good chance Yahoo would either go away or become dramatically smaller, but retain much of its existing look and feel. Staff reductions under the Google move would likely be significantly more dramatic, but any employees that are left will probably like the Google employee programs better.

Regardless, either acquisition will have a significant impact on the web, Yahoo is not an insignificant property and this could signal a consolidation phase of web properties, which could reach broadly and deeply.As we enter what may be a recession, expect to see this consolidation phase to accelerate.
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#126

I think with Microsoft recently acquiring FAST search and if they acquire Yahoo! (which owns AlltheWeb, Yahoo! and AltaVista) we may finally have a company that is really ready compete with Google. While I hate to lose Yahoo as an independent company, I would love to see someone give Google a run for their money.

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I think that Microsoft play with this idea longer time. It is also reason, why MSN looks like now. That means with poor support. Now I think Microsoft move its interest and employees from MSN to Yahoo and try to create some mutant from these 2 search engines. There will be big changes in internet world. But Google still remains as winner, and only gain stronger competitor.

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#128

Have you seen that MS stocks fallen in price after that offer and yahoo stocks remain untouched.
google it, "msft" and "yhoo"

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This also reminds me how Intel and AMD exchanged their papents to remove competition, gpower and zilog

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i was just thinking.,. when both merge... their competitive baby be called as microyah! or microhoo or may be yamicro.. any other possibility to beat the name game...
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If you spent $44.6 Billion on a brand, would you change the name?

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Claudek said: ↑

Thank you for a sane reply. Whenever I see the people on DP gush about Google and how everything else is crap, I cringe. They think like users, rather than webmasters.

We need more competition to Google, as in the end it benefits us as webmasters. It boggles the mind that so many here cannot grasp that reasoning.
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I couldn't agree more. It seems like half the members of DP are in bed with Google (literally). They are like "you cannot beat Google" "Google will never die". Seriously the day people start thinking like that is the day they cease to be webmasters. Because innovatioin and the drive to beat the guys on top is what drives the web.

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I was told they will quite probably discontinue YPN, in favor of their own Microsoft Content Ads network...
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If they ditch YPN, I'll be OK. If they mess with Y! search, I'm in big trouble.

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It would be a good idea to have a public poll how many of us are pro and against the sale

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worldman said: ↑

...It seems like half the members of DP are in bed with Google...
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That's because most DP'ers are running ad_sen-se on their sites.

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This one is going to be an interesting watch.

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Dont Be Evil, Yahoo!

REFUSE IT! Let Google buy you. They are better

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It will be interesting to see how this turns out.
I wonder what Google are thinking right now...

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LOL...I'm with you on that Peter!!

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#139

Its a good bid!

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#140

oh man 44 billion $

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