Comments on: MSFT YHOO http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=msft_yhoo Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Gordon Whiting http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8723 Gordon Whiting Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:14:55 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8723 <p>Yahoo has a huge and valuable base of undesktopped users. They become the target audience for nexgen MSFT mobile apps. No one should doubt that MSFT has the chops for great software, and this gives them the focus they need. I see it as strong competition to Google, which will be great for users.</p> Yahoo has a huge and valuable base of undesktopped users. They become the target audience for nexgen MSFT mobile apps. No one should doubt that MSFT has the chops for great software, and this gives them the focus they need. I see it as strong competition to Google, which will be great for users.

]]> By: Jenkins http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8722 Jenkins Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:05:06 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8722 <p>As bad as yahoo is these days Facebook hasn't proven much to justify their valuation. Yahoo has billions in revenue. Facebook may never get there. I think that private equity ends up buying Yahoo if and only if they miss a quarter in 2008.</p> As bad as yahoo is these days Facebook hasn’t proven much to justify their valuation. Yahoo has billions in revenue. Facebook may never get there. I think that private equity ends up buying Yahoo if and only if they miss a quarter in 2008.

]]> By: Desire Athow http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8721 Desire Athow Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:53:57 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8721 <p>What about a merger or stock swap between Facebook and Yahoo... Yahoo's only twice as big as Facebook anyway and MS is an investor in Facebook.</p> What about a merger or stock swap between Facebook and Yahoo… Yahoo’s only twice as big as Facebook anyway and MS is an investor in Facebook.

]]> By: Jenkins http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8720 Jenkins Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:59:51 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8720 <p>Yahoo suffers from a lack of vision, poor execution (Panama took 2 years longer than required), and flat domestic traffic. All signs of a company very close to its decline phase.</p> Yahoo suffers from a lack of vision, poor execution (Panama took 2 years longer than required), and flat domestic traffic. All signs of a company very close to its decline phase.

]]> By: John http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8719 John Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:48:45 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8719 <p>It's a shame. Yahoo has some very interesting web properties. If they could just tie them together better...or something. I agree with Desire and Petter. Google would gladly trade two competitors for one. And MS and Yahoo are both more lost than Google. So a buyout would only give Google a big advantage while MSFTYHOO figures out what to do. <br /> I would rather see Yahoo solidify their products more to give Google some competition.</p> It’s a shame. Yahoo has some very interesting web properties. If they could just tie them together better…or something. I agree with Desire and Petter. Google would gladly trade two competitors for one. And MS and Yahoo are both more lost than Google. So a buyout would only give Google a big advantage while MSFTYHOO figures out what to do.
I would rather see Yahoo solidify their products more to give Google some competition.

]]> By: Jenkins http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8718 Jenkins Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:08:28 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8718 <p>Yahoo's on a 5 year death march. </p> Yahoo’s on a 5 year death march.

]]> By: Petter Karal http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8717 Petter Karal Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:22:13 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8717 <p>"Tie two birds together, even though they have four wings they cannot fly"---Circle of Iron</p> “Tie two birds together, even though they have four wings they cannot fly”—Circle of Iron

]]> By: Desire Athow http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8716 Desire Athow Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:42:03 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2008/01/msft_yhoo.php#comment-8716 <p>Microsoft to buy Yahoo? I reckon Google will be the big winner as Microsoft will have a hell lot of a hard time trying to find out how to fit Yahoo in the pic. aQuantive is a different story since there are very little overlapping... </p> <p>But Yahoo and Microsoft... It's like a python trying to swallow a croc... There are at least 20 different services that would need to be sorted from Yahoo Mail to Yahoo Pipes. </p> <p>Google will probably be ecstatic since they will only have one moving target to aim at. Please Microsoft, don't do the same mistake as Compaq and HP. Carla was defo wrong at that time.</p> <p>PS : How come no post on Facebook looking to buy Plaxo?</p> Microsoft to buy Yahoo? I reckon Google will be the big winner as Microsoft will have a hell lot of a hard time trying to find out how to fit Yahoo in the pic. aQuantive is a different story since there are very little overlapping…

But Yahoo and Microsoft… It’s like a python trying to swallow a croc… There are at least 20 different services that would need to be sorted from Yahoo Mail to Yahoo Pipes.

Google will probably be ecstatic since they will only have one moving target to aim at. Please Microsoft, don’t do the same mistake as Compaq and HP. Carla was defo wrong at that time.

PS : How come no post on Facebook looking to buy Plaxo?

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