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03-Feb-2008, 10:17 PM #16
I think microsoft would destroy all that yahoo has left. It would be best for yahoo to say no.
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04-Feb-2008, 03:39 PM #17
I don't see why not, it will make Yahoo! A stronger company. Is there a link so I can read about this happening somewhere?
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04-Feb-2008, 05:22 PM #18
Well, there are a lot of things being said out there...here are 3 links, but you can do a search to find more
A Yahoo! take
A note from ZD Net
An entirely different approach...?

Now, here is a side question - if you do a search on this topic at Yahoo!, Google, and MSN, do you get similar or different findings? I don't have the time to look, but would be interested...
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Well, there are a lot of things being said out there...here are 3 links, but you can do a search to find more
A Yahoo! take
A note from ZD Net
An entirely different approach...?

Now, here is a side question - if you do a search on this topic at Yahoo!, Google, and MSN, do you get similar or different findings? I don't have the time to look, but would be interested...
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No problem...have fun reading - it is an interesting topic!
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05-Feb-2008, 11:18 PM #22
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Personally, I say it's a bad idea.

Google are far too ahead now, and in my opinion Microsoft should part with them and not Yahoo.

Yahoo has been going slowly down bank for a few years now, do you really think they can it back?

Regards Jason
Actually, Yahoo is the most visited site in the world. I have no idea why, considering Google's search technology is way better, but I guess people either don't want to change, or they love all the other yahoo features. However, I can't see yahoo staying ahead forever, since Google is still growing. I really don't see Microsoft doing any good for Yahoo though, if they had the skills to make it better, Live search would be more popular.
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Actually, Yahoo is the most visited site in the world. I have no idea why, considering Google's search technology is way better, but I guess people either don't want to change, or they love all the other yahoo features. However, I can't see yahoo staying ahead forever, since Google is still growing. I really don't see Microsoft doing any good for Yahoo though, if they had the skills to make it better, Live search would be more popular.
probably because of the yahoo mail is a lot more widely used than gmail right now.
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Yahoo stores too. Lots of people sell things tru them.
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08-Feb-2008, 08:37 AM #25
Yahoo mail beats Gmail hands down in my opinion. I also use yahoo for the groups which I like better than Google's groups. However when it comes to search I hit Google every time over Yahoo.

I still hate to imagine what MS would do to Yahoo in the end if it bought it. I have had my yahoo email since the first time I ever got on the net. It is still working fine Unlike the first Hotmail I ever had which I can not even begin to tell you what the username was. I never cared for MSN or Hotmail. I hope if the sale happens they do not screw up yahoo to badly especially my mail
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10-Feb-2008, 10:31 AM #26
Yahoo has refused to be sold to Microsoft. They're demanding 40$ a share. That was expected, and Microsoft will begin negotiations for the final price.

But this merger would be bad for the internet as a whole. I'm not going to use MSN any time soon, even if it gobbles up Yahoo. In the end, the main beneficiary would be Google.
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10-Feb-2008, 10:37 AM #27
this was reported on the guardian website the other day

Google offers pact with Yahoo in effort to thwart Microsoft

i hope this happens to be honest
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14-Feb-2008, 06:06 PM #28
It's a very bold move, that's for sure. Up there with AOL/Time-Warner, HP/Compaq, and Bank of America/Fleet. I know that it has something to do with the Google competition. I bet they have something up their sleeve that we just don't know... Just look at the coincidence - this proposal happens just a week or two after Bill Gates emptied his office...
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15-Feb-2008, 01:13 AM #29
well! yahoo does need some promotions!!! Maybe it will give us some surprise after Micro to buy Yahoo. hehe, lets wait and see
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15-Feb-2008, 04:16 AM #30
Pretty much Microsoft admitting that even them and Yahoo combined can not take Google on.
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