Comments on: News Flash: Google Was Never Yahoo’s Friend

By: ji

ji — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:49:53 +0000

google has outperformed yahoo because they r able to adapt and anticipate better thn yahoo. I didnt see the two co’s working together as well. Yahoo should just sell to Microsoft

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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:11:52 +0000

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By: Spurned Microsoft Scorns Yahoo - GigaOM

Spurned Microsoft Scorns Yahoo - GigaOM — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:27:42 +0000

[...] look like a bargain, and on Wednesday, Yang even said he’d do a deal with Microsoft after a search partnership with Google fell through. The question now becomes whether Yahoo would lower itself to a search partnership [...]

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Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:28:20 +0000

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By: Pavan K

Pavan K — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:48:49 +0000

Again straight to the point Om. Particularly: "Freezing Yahoo! into inactivity".

Shame Yahoo! allowed Google to mislead them so much. It seems some gut feeling and basic strategic planning is seriously missing from the team at Yahoo!?! Are they really so desperate? Maybe they need some executives that have lived with no money, and have looked a liar (Google) in the eye, rather than focussing on academics that are good with numbers or paperwork? This way they could deal as businessmen, rather than tech legends. Maybe they need someone like Alan Sugar to mentor them into reality?

It cannot amount to a healthy market as Google continues to increase it's monopoly on search, and play evil games like this. Well they were the ones to tip the market, and Yahoo! still went begging. Tragic.

@ Lex Luthor - interesting take on the other side of the coin. A monopoly is surely not healthy for shareholders in the long term?

By: Lex

Lex — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:21:08 +0000

Google does no evil… to its shareholders… ;)

By: Yahoo’s Yang Has No Regrets — He Should - GigaOM

Yahoo’s Yang Has No Regrets — He Should - GigaOM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:31:00 +0000

[...] self-delusion emanating from the comments of this nice man. Perhaps that explains his faith in the now scuttled Google-Yahoo advertising deal. “We’re disappointed with that,” he said when asked about it by Battelle. “It [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:54:00 +0000

Why is this a surprise? 80% market share was always going to be a problem. Look at this development as an opportunity to profit from yahoo by buying shares or options on the chance of a potential takeover as discussed here ( http://www.savingtoinvest.com/2008/11/yahoo-takeover-trade-as-google.html ). Just look at what the market and investors are saying and the stock price reaction (up). Yahoo’s days as an independent company are running out.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:38:44 +0000

@Chetan

Or at least that's what Yang thought. This was a dumb ... make the ultra dumb move on part of Yahoo.

By: Chetan Sharma

Chetan Sharma — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:30:59 +0000

The sole purpose of this shenanigan was to weaken the hand of Microsoft.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:20:09 +0000

Will this be the last straw and lead to a change in leadership at Yahoo?