While Mayer said that the deal with Microsoft isn't working the way it should, it is hard to see how Yahoo will grow its search market share relative to Google if it doesn't control the search technology it offers.
The deal calls for Yahoo to supply Google with some of its unsold inventory in exchange for Google showing small business ads on Yahoo sites. While Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, may well be open to such a deal, some have...
All we can do is wait, but if Bing and Facebook have struck a deal in which Bing Ads will be displayed on Facebook in Web search results, this will most likely catch the attention of advertisers from far and wide.
Peter Kafka of AllThingsD reported last night that “YouTube and its owner Google have agreed to buy a minority stake in VEVO, according to people familiar with the deal, which hasn’t been finalized. The deal would strengthen YouTube’s top position...
Add to that the deal between Microsoft and Yahoo for Bing to power Yahoo’s organic results and Bing powers over 25 percent of search. While this may not seem like a big deal on the surface, it is actually huge.
Oh yes, we must not forget that Marissa Mayer in 2005 (seven years ago, which might as well be a different century in this fast-paced industry) declared (in discussing its advertising deal with AOL) that “There will be no banner ads on the Google...
It is also funny to note that they apparently did not think this would be a big deal, even though they accused the largest social community on earth of not cleaning up fraud. This assumption jibes with Yahoo’s study of users and may or may not be...
Pricegrabber (CPC) – Paid deal site features coupons and weekly specials. Merchants using Pricegrabber also have the added advantage of sending their product listings to Yahoo Shopping. Google is consistently the best performing CSE.
In April, when Yahoo announced thousands of layoffs amidst a massive restructuring, there was much speculation they planned to end the Microsoft-Yahoo search deal and look to Google, instead. The deal under which he left gives Yahoo’s largest...
As part of the deal, AOL has been granted a license to the patents it has sold to Microsoft. Facebook, a partner of Microsoft, has also recently been trading lawsuits with Yahoo over assorted social networking and advertising patents.
Google and Yahoo struck their first search deal back in 2000, and powered Yahoo's search results until Yahoo went independent in 2004. Less than a year later, Microsoft and Yahoo struck a 10-year search deal in which Bing would power Yahoo’s...
The company is set to put itself on the stock market in a deal which could push its value as high as $100 billion. If this seems a bit familiar, it may be because Yahoo and Google were in the midst of a patent fight over pay-per-click and bidding...
According to Sandoval’s sources, “Negotiations with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music, appear to be going smoothly – and one of the labels, in fact, may have already wrapped up its deal.
Last-minute shoppers still purchased online the week before Christmas, while deal-seeking and gift card redemption drove higher post-Christmas revenue, according to Kenshoo’s finalized 2011 U.S. The Bing-Yahoo alliance dropped off significantly...
Department of Justice sanctioned the deal allowing Google to close the acquisition within the next few days. Accounting for 9.3 percent of online display spending (up from 8.3 percent in 2010), Google trails market share leader Facebook (16 percent...
Susan Kuchinskas wrote Yahoo: Deal for iPhone Not Strictly a Hallucination Sharma gave a preview of new products launching in Q4 and Q1 2012 -- and explained why he doesn't need to smoke something to believe that Yahoo could do an iPhone deal.
The bids are now due, and while companies haven't been forthcoming on details for bids, the industry analysts paying attention to the deal have come up with theories on where things are likely to go. Additionally, as a leader in display advertising...
He has testified on the DoubleClick merger in 2007 and a year later about the Yahoo ad deal. Interestingly, Schmidt "outlined how Google calculated the amount of money it was willing to pay for the company; Namely, the value of a deal equals the...
In some ways, this deal looks similar to Microsoft's partnership with Yahoo: Yandex is running Rambler's search and ad element in much the same way as Bing is running Yahoo's. Rambler is no small deal.
Sources: Yahoo Spurned New Offer By Jack Ma For Part of Alibaba Stake - ForbesYahoo sought deal with Chinese e-commerce giant, then decided $3.5 billion wasn't enough for 15 percent of its stake in Alibaba.
