Comments on: Microsoft Pounces on Yahoo’s Weak Q4, Makes $44.6B Offer

By: Reviewing a Perilous Transition - The News of February 2008 » Search Engine Optimization Blog

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:47:09 +0000

[...] Microsoft Pounces on Yahoo’s Weak Q4, Makes $44.6B Offer Well, maybe there’s some good news to come out of Yahoo’s recent poor financial performance after all–Microsoft wants to buy it for $44.6 billion. [...]

By: Microsoft and Yahoo: Bloggers React

Microsoft and Yahoo: Bloggers React — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:06:16 +0000

[...] Andy Beal at Marketing Pilgrim writes that “this could become a hostile takeover very quickly. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer [...]

By: Zen

Zen — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:33:53 +0000

This offer will just make things easier for the big G, now they’ll only have to buy one company instead of two to get full marketshare (A.K.A. monopoly).

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:18:44 +0000

I always liked Yahoo as a company. Not a fan of msft. I sure would trust Yahoo a lot less if microsoft was to head it.

By: Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:32:47 +0000

If they do their job right who knows, there may finally be a serious competitor for G but getting there will prove to be quite a challenge

Alan Johnson

By: Paul Brain

Paul Brain — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:40:21 +0000

It seems, that the antiexclusive committee will not allow to carry out this bargain.

By: Microsoft-Yahoo: The Complete Coverage

Microsoft-Yahoo: The Complete Coverage — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:56:26 +0000

[...] Marketing Pilgrim – Andy Beal tries to look at both sides of the situation, and neither seems that “perky”. This really is the case of deciding which is the lesser of two evils here. I can understand why Yahoo might not want to join the ranks of Microsoft, but on the other hand, the company continues to struggle and there are few suitors that could make such a generous offer. [...]

By: OMG ! Microsoft want to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion | Athow.com, Tech life at its fullest..

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:50:11 +0000

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By: Richard Manley

Richard Manley — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:46:24 +0000

This has come up every 6 months or so of late. I was asked recently who I thought were able, if anyone, to compete with Google. Microsoft have been developing their search offering recently, particularly within the exploding Chinese market, and I think that this move is a sensible one for them.

Google have never really got the hang of community sites and Microhoo! could really stand to take the search giant on as a large quantity (if not quality) of search moves away from traditional search home pages.

Certainly it seems that Microsoft are the ones who would benefit most from this acquisition.

By: Hawaii SEO

Hawaii SEO — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:00:25 +0000

Mahoo! ;^)

By: Mark B

Mark B — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:56:14 +0000

If you ask me, I think Yahoo stands the best chance if it were to join forces with Facebook and NOT Microsoft.

I hope that Yahoo doesn’t let this thing through.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:55:02 +0000

If Microsoft is smart, they’ll keep Yahoo as the name for their internet brand. After all, what with MSN and Windows Live, they neither have a strong brand, nor can they make up their mind what to use.

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:39:49 +0000

So all their buying here is Yahoo traffic? Just kidding, but I wonder if this happens what (if anything) changes the way the SERPs appear on both websites

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:28:26 +0000

@Bob – I had pownce.com on the brain.

By: Mike Mothner

Mike Mothner — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:57:09 +0000

I have to agree with Steven. Although I’m sure the goal is that Microsoft’s takeover of Yahoo will allow them to actually compete at a higher footing with Google than either of them had been able to do separately, I still believe Google’s dominance will remain just as strong as it ever was. That’s not to say, however, that this buyout was a bad decision. I feel that it was highly advantageous for both parties involved.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:36:10 +0000

It’s going to be interesting to see how this all shakes out. Assuming the takeover is successful it might turn the combined Yahoo/Microsoft search into a stronger competitor to Google.

On the other hand if I have a choice between Microsoft and Google I’m probably going to choose Google. At the moment I frequently use several Yahoo properties including My Yahoo as my home page. I may not be so inclined to keep that home page if it’s Microsoft owned.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:54:56 +0000

Will this improve Microsoft’s brand? No. Microsoft protects the mother ship (its OS). That’s why the transition to the web has been so difficult for them.
Will this improve Yahoo’s brand? No. Would you trust Yahoo more knowing Microsoft owns it??
Will it improve the end user’s experience with Yahoo? Unlikely. More cooks in the kitchen…

In the U.S., Sears and KMart merged and made no impact on the leading retail giants.

By: DimidoBlog » Vor- und Nachteile: Übernahme Yahoo durch Microsoft

DimidoBlog » Vor- und Nachteile: Übernahme Yahoo durch Microsoft — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:25:37 +0000

[...] dass Microsoft eine feindliche Übernahme von Yahoo plant. Der Preis liegt momentarn bei rund 45 Milliarden US-Dollar. Wobei es sicher nicht bleiben wird, da Yahoo-Aktionäre einen Bonus verlangen werden, [...]

By: Bob Krienke

Bob Krienke — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:08:50 +0000

Not familiar with the word “Pownce”…
sounds like a bunch of yahoos won’t be enough
to compete with Google.

By: Brian Chappell

Brian Chappell — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:50:50 +0000

44.6 billion is completely overpriced imo.