Comments on: Microsoft + Yahoo Still Doesn't Make Sense

By: Electronic monitoring

Electronic monitoring — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:45:00 +0000

I believe joining Microsoft for Yahoo means joining MSN in Search Engine wars with Google. How this combination will be called? MicroYahoo :))

By: Roman Geyzer

Roman Geyzer — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:32:15 +0000

I still think an outright acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft makes the most sense for both parties – though more so for Microsoft. My guess is a MSFT bid for YAHOO at $18/share. From the perspective of pleasing shareholders, she’d be wise to take it. Full Disclosure: I don’t own individual shares of either!

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By: Screen Sleuth

Screen Sleuth — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:37:38 +0000

I think Yahoo doesn’t have a choice at this stage. Either be a struggling minor player in the SE business, or join together with MS and battle Google together.

By: Canton homes

Canton homes — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:19:27 +0000

I think both SE’s realize they will never compete with Google for the major portion of search traffic. As Google increases it’s stregnth and marketshare it seems that Yahoo and MSN get weaker and weaker.

By: PerfectMOney

PerfectMOney — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:46:03 +0000

when yahoo get down knees to the Microsoft.Microsoft will eat it and will order Yahoo to think hard to face the giant Google.and so predictable once yahoo get down to be Microsoft.people will start buzzing about it and the buzz does will make Google collect more power and energy and will kick out yahoo fall get down faster

By: Juegos gratis

Juegos gratis — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:33:57 +0000

Microsoft and Yahoo create new company in the future :) MicroHoo or Yamicrosoft :)

By: Tehseen

Tehseen — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:04:12 +0000

Yahoo has given too much attention to the whole Microsoft issue and hasn’t come up with even a single ‘awesome’ feature in the last few months.

By: pwb

pwb — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:10:11 +0000

Yahoo just needs to bear down and try to re-ignite itself. A tie-up with Microsoft would be disastrous. Yahoo’s assets are big enough to go it alone.

By: thegeniusfiles

thegeniusfiles — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:12:05 +0000

I am, apparently, one of the very few people to think that Jerry Yang did all the RIGHT things in dealing with Microsloth. Microsloth is the death of innovation, and a deal with Microsloth spells doom for Yahoo as an innovator. Yahoo search is core to Yahoo’s business. People who don’t understand that, don’t understand the Web. So what if Google dominates? Good for Google, but who really cares about that fact when it comes to innovation? Yahoo has some amazing innovations both in development and available now. These need to be exposed to public view and refined for greater user-friendliness. Not sold to Microsloth for a quick buck! It really burns me how many people have blasted Jerry Yang without having 1/100th comprehension or concern with the issues at hand. It’s exactly this make-a-quick-buck-or-else-you’re-outta-here mentality which has brought the American economy into crisis.

By: kaiyzen

kaiyzen — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:32:44 +0000

“Aside from a few notable exceptions like Flickr, its non-search entities are largely artifacts of Web 1.0″

Search is an “artifact of web 1.0″ and not just for Yahoo! but anyone in search.

Yahoo! has their search biz, and their display biz. What does concept of “web 1.0″ have to do with any of this?

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By: Victor Blake

Victor Blake — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:30:26 +0000

Innovation of last resort. When all else fails and people cannot find jobs, SOME people will CREATE new product, services, and business models around them. I expect a growing number of people to use their broadband service to work from home and develop creative ways to provide valueable services to business and consumers.

Despite the great value of linked-in, et. al. we still lack effective ways to match needs to capabilities. So one opportunity that could develop from the above would be better systems to supply to demand.

For example, if I need someone that is well read in some industry standards, it is still an akward process of asking around to find that person. (I have m own secret method of finding these people) — but wouldn’t it be nice if there was a google/linkedin/monster hybrid that could do that.

Various “consulting” platforms have tried, but fail to understand (at once) both the details and the wide range of experiences needed. They also artificially constrain the market by manually capping rates and creating taxonomies for services and products which they themselves do not understand.

A huge value add would be to tie in something like this to Wikipedia. A knowledge base to knowledge-person connection. Perhaps it could be a revenue source to fund Wikipedia as well.

By: ronald

ronald — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:25:13 +0000

To Microsoft market share is the end to all means.
From that point of view a deal makes sense no matter what, since they have shown not to be able to get there with their own ideas. They think ideas are free and it’s all about execution, leaving out the understanding of ideas.
But from my point of view they are competing with a company which has shown to be as good if not better at execution(just look who build out infrastructure first and how) , so without new ideas. Game over in search.