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Yahoo and AOL to combine??

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:18:33 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Man, this Yahoo situation just gets more interesting by the hour.

April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc., fending off Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion acquisition offer, is close to striking an agreement to combine operations with Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit, a person familiar with the situation said.

Yahoo would gain control of AOL, receive an investment from Time Warner, and give up a 20 percent stake in the combined entity

Tags: yahoo, aol, internet, web, business, microsoft, google

Yahoo turns to Google. Microsoft cries foul.

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:07:30 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Very interesting move by Yahoo! They may be able to significantly increasing their earnings by integrating Google's search ads on their own site. Talk about a potential blow to microsoft. To think that they're left crying foul about this being anti-competitive after all these years is beyond ironic.

Clip Source: www.pcworld.com

Yahoo will test displaying Google search ads in a small number of its search engine queries, a move likely to be interpreted as the latest in a series of Yahoo maneuvers to resist Microsoft's acquisition attempt.

The test, expected to last up to two weeks and be limited to up to 3 percent of Yahoo search queries in the U.S., is specifically for Google's AdSense for Search service. In other words, Yahoo would be acting as one of the Web publishers that carry pay-per-click text ads from Google. The ads will appear only in Yahoo.com.

"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," said Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, in a statement.

Tags: web, internet, search, business, yahoo, microsft, google

Google still kicking Yahoo and Microsoft's ass!

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:42:52 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: The part I actually find most surprising is that over 40% of the U.S. search market doesn't use Google. But considering how hard Microsoft and Yahoo are trying to catch them, it's amazing that they haven't been able to make any progress.

Clip Source: www.marketwatch.com

Google Inc. increased its lead in the U.S. Internet search market in November at the expense of both Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp., according to data released Thursday by Nielsen Online.

Tags: search, web, internet, google, yahoo, microsoft

Innovation as accidental?

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:29:49 GMT

clipped by: edsim
clipper's remarks: interesting ideas from Evan - focusing on simplicity and radical constraints

Clip Source: www.economist.com

The irony of trying to plan accidents, and orchestrate their frequent occurrence, is not lost on Mr Williams. So he tries mental tricks. One is to ask “what can we take away to create something new?” A decade ago, you could have started with Yahoo! and taken away all the clutter around the search box to get Google. When he took Blogger and took away everything except one 140-character line, he had Twitter. Radical constraints, he believes, can lead to breakthroughs in simplicity and entirely new things.

Tags: innovation, entrepreneurship

Terry Semel resigns as CEO of Yahoo!

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:01:13 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: This is big. Sounds like it was a voluntary move on his part. Will be very interesting to see how Yahoo! moves from here.

Clip Source: biz.yahoo.com

Yahoo Inc. Chairman Terry Semel stepped down as chief executive in a surprise move Monday, ending his increasingly ineffectual pursuit of online search leader Google Inc. -- a losing battle that had demoralized Yahoo's shareholders and employees.

The Sunnyvale-based company appointed co-founder Jerry Yang as its new CEO and named Susan Decker as its president.

Signaling Semel's decision was voluntary, Yahoo said he will not receive a severance package. The former movie studio executive already has made a fortune since joining Yahoo in May 2001, having realized nearly $450 million in gains by exercising some of the stock options that he received during his tenure.

Tags: yahoo, internet, terry semel, business, web

Yahoo!: The Web's Future is Not in Search

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:59:25 GMT

clipped by: pallefs

Clip Source: www.readwriteweb.com

At the Next Web conference in Amsterdam over the weekend, Tapan Bhat, the Yahoo! vice president of Front Doors, told attendees that search would not dominate the web in the future. "The future of the web is about personalization. Where search was dominant, now the web is about 'me.' It's about weaving the web together in a way that is smart and personalized for the user," he said.

Both Google and Yahoo! are hoping to take data about user behavior aggregated from across their properties (think: search history, del.icio.us bookmarks, Flickr photos, Upcoming events, Answers questions, etc.) in order to learn more about what each user wants. The ultimate goal is to deliver a more personalized experience to the user.

Google might be more vulnerable than anyone thinks. According to Compete, the stickiest site on the web -- the one that demands most of our attention -- is MySpace, followed by Yahoo! and eBay. Google is actually 5th

Tags: yahoo, search, personalization, attention, social media

Yahoo goes green

Mon, 14 May 2007 21:05:48 GMT

clipped by: rachel923
clipper's remarks: It seems every large company wants in on the green. $$$.

Clip Source: www.greenoptions.com

Yahoo! Launches Yahoo! Green

Philip's post today reminds that the IT industry in general is pretty energy-intensive. Today, one of that industry's major players is taking another step forward to reduce the environmental impact of one of its major assets: it's users. Yahoo! Green is a new site by the internet giant that provides users with a range of tools that help them lower their personal carbon emissions.

Meg Garlinghouse, director of Yahoo! for Good, told me on Friday that the new site, which will be officially launched with a big kick-off event in New York City, reflects the company's belief that bringing many people together to take small steps can result in a major reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions. At Yahoo! Green, users can commit to a range of various actions that will reduce their own environmental impact: installing a programmable thermostat, installing a CFL in a porch light, air-drying clothes in the Spring and Summer, etc.

Tags: yahoo!, green, eco-friendly, environment

Gmail Users are Younger, Richer, Good in Bed

Sat, 12 May 2007 12:53:40 GMT

clipped by: kwonsu

Clip Source: mashable.com

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, the latest stats show that Gmail users skew younger and richer than those on Yahoo Mail and Hotmail.

However, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail are still much bigger by comparison, says Hitwise: Yahoo had 13x the market share, and Hotmail had 6x the marketshare of Gmail.

The good news, if you’re a Gmail user, is that you may be part of the elite: while Yahoo and Hotmail users are decidedly average, Gmail users tend to be young, have a high income, and be early adopters of technology. 54% of users are between 18 and 34, while 18% have an average annual household income between $100,000 and $149,999 (compared to 15% for Hotmail and 13% for Yahoo Mail). Another stat, probably related to the young age of GMail users: they’re more likely to be Facebook users than those on the other services.

As for performance in the bedroom - well, we kinda lied. In fact, the stats show that solitary Gmail users are far more likely to Google themselves.

Tags: gmail, yahoo

Microsoft getting serious about buying Yahoo!

Fri, 04 May 2007 13:25:58 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Maybe, just maybe, the recent "losses" to Google in acquiring DoubleClick and YouTube were Microsoft's way of goading Google into acquiring those companies so that Microsoft could more easily acquire Yahoo without any anti-trust problems. Possible?

Clip Source: biz.yahoo.com

Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) has intensified its pursuit of a deal to take over Yahoo Inc. (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News), asking the company to re-enter formal talks, the New York Post reported on its Web site on Friday.

The Post said Wall Street sources put a roughly $50 billion price tag on Yahoo.

Tags: microsoft, yahoo, business, internet, web

And the crushing of Yahoo continues

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:03:11 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: It seems like the impact of Google is just too much for Yahoo to handle.

Clip Source: biz.yahoo.com

Investors were falling in love with Yahoo Inc. again until the Internet icon's disheartening first-quarter results ruined the mood. The Internet company's shares plunged 11 percent in Wednesday morning's trading.

With both its profit and revenue missing analyst estimates for the first three months of the year, Yahoo left Wall Street wondering how much longer it will take the Sunnyvale-based company to regain its financial momentum after stumbling through much of 2006.

The first-quarter downturn still may renew concerns about Yahoo's ability to compete against Google Inc., whose Internet-leading search engine propels the Web's most lucrative advertising network.

Tags: yahoo, google, web, internet, stock market

Who's actually participating in the Web 2.0 revolution?

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:49:22 GMT

clipped by: adamc
clipper's remarks: We've always wondered what kind of model would unfold with Clipmarks. Will everyone be a clipper? Will we have a huge visitor base that simply enjoys what the core group of clippers are contributing to the site?

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

A tiny 0.16 percent of visits to Google's top video-sharing site, YouTube, are by users seeking to upload video for others to watch

only two-tenths of one percent of visits to Flickr, a popular photo-editing site owned by Yahoo Inc., are to upload new photos

Wikipedia, the anyone-can-edit online encyclopedia, is the one exception cited in the Hitwise study: 4.6 percent of all visits to Wikipedia pages are to edit entries on the site.

Tags: web 2.0, social media, youtube, flickr, wikipedia

Google to buy the Pacific Ocean

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:32:54 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: This is from a blog post i wrote in September of 2005. Felt like digging it up and clipping it in honor of Google's latest multi-billion dollar acquisition. This time it's DoubleClick. Man, it seems like it's not if, just when, they will be bigger than Microsoft.

Clip Source: clipmarks.blogs.com

Google to buy the Pacific Ocean

In an effort to transmit information between continents through water, Google is planning on buying the Pacific.

Just kidding of course...but it just blows my mind how many companies are being bought these days. It's like there will be 5 companies left to dominate the world and each of them will do EVERYTHING. Every morning I wake up and either Google, Yahoo, News Corp, Interactive Corp or Microsoft is buying a company and getting into a new field.

Tags: google, internet, web, doubleclick, domination

Natali Del Conte covers Clipmarks on Textra

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:40:38 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Natali had some great things to say about Clipmarks on her show tonight.

Clip Source: www.podshow.com

Clip Source: textra.podshow.com

BitTorrent launches a movie store, Microsoft tests pay-to-play Office, Clipmarks launches, new Energy Star standards for the PC, Dell to play nicely with Linux, and Yahoo! News sings the blues.

Tags: clipmarks, internet, web, clipmarks 2.0, natali del conte, textra

Wikipedia founder takes on Google/Yahoo with Wikiasari

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:51:40 GMT

clipped by: secretsather

Clip Source: tech.blorge.com

Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, is ready to release a new search engine for the web; named ‘Wikiasari’, this engine plans to soon be a contender to Google and Yahoo.

Wikiasari, which is a combination of wiki, defined “quick” in Hawaiian, and asari, which is Japanese for “rummaging search” is planned to launch in the first quarter of 2007, and looks to be gaining attention quickly.

While it may be hard to jump in the pack with the big dogs, Mr. Wales is relying on his much popular Wikipedia “web credit” to boost the attention and participation of his new project Wikiasari, and hopes to win over the hearts of Wikipedia’s community.

Tags: internet, wikipedia, search engine, google, yahoo

Yahoo reacts to getting its butt kicked

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:39:58 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: In my opinion, this is no where near the kind of major shake up that's needed if yahoo is to stay competitive with google.

Clip Source: biz.yahoo.com

Slumping Yahoo Inc. to Undergo Biggest Shake-Up in More Than 5 Years

Under the overhaul announced late Tuesday, Yahoo vowed to rein in a sometimes-rambling product expansion that has bogged down its earnings growth and threatened its position as the Internet's most popular site as more buzz built up around upstarts like MySpace and YouTube.

The streamlining will bunch Yahoo's disparate operations into three core groups focused on its Web site's audience, advertising network and technology.

As part of the reorganization, Yahoo Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker will assume an even more prominent management role and Dan Rosensweig, the company's chief operating officer, will leave in March when the makeover is expected to be completed.

Tags: yahoo, web, internet, google