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Ultimate Blackhat — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:44:50 -0000

I think the takeover still makes sense. At the end of the day they have Google to compete with. Its just the matter of time.

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cat — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:24:31 -0000

No wonder that these big companies have concurence

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Shane internet marketing — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:52:34 -0000

I think Yahho! made a mistake in turning down microsoft the first couple times.. Unfortunately they're just not worth it for the software giant, and I personally don't believe they ever were

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Abdulrehman — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:48:02 -0000

They sure are sickening me now, be the best, guess that's the motto of every search engine!

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Utah SEO Pro — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:33:13 -0000

Not surprising. They big 3 search engines are probably all getting a bit sick of each other by now.

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savings — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:55:53 -0000

If and only if Balmer must be one tough opponent if you are playing poker with him. He is now pushing the price down. Let rewrite history for search engines.

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SoLinkable — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:55:28 -0000

After all the crap Yang put Microsoft through, why on earth would they want to get more involved with him?

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Nicole Price — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:33:24 -0000

Balmer must be one tough opponent if you are playing poker with him. He is now pushing the price down. QED.

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Saad Kamal — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:31:30 -0000

If Ballmer really meant what he said, then I feel really sad for yahoo. Yahoo has always been a wonderful company that really helped to change the web.

But I still feel that the deal will go forward ...Microsoft Likes drama..

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Roger — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:55:27 -0000

"ultimately doomed" Perhaps it's a bit too early to write off Yahoo.

For one thing, they are consistently the second or third most visited Internet property. For another they have two properties that lead in their sector, and continue to evolve and grow despite competition: Flickr and Yahoo Finance.

Perhaps these will be spun off, but my guess is that Yahoo will find a way to leverage its assets and get a viable long term strategy in place.

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SEO Tips South Africa — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:19:22 -0000

Too little too late....

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Jaan Kanellis — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:31:42 -0000

Good analogy Andy. Sometimes analogies like this can sum things up so eloquently.

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Andy Beal — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:14:28 -0000

@Andrey - it's harsh, but true. As much as I like Yahoo--and its great employees--the company is clinging to life. It needs a "Spring" so it can re-blossom. ;-)

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Andrey — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:11:58 -0000

Harsh statement there at the end, yet I don't completely disagree.

Yang may still try to hold out for a high price (comparatively) while Balmer would want a much steeper discount. Especially after Yahoo's other choices are quickly disappearing and their business is going down hill.

I wouldn't be surprised by an acquisition, but I think there will at least be some sort of deal between the two.

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