Yahoo and Microsoft on the verge of a deal

[Toby Lane]

Article is on Yahoo finance right now. Supposed to release details tomorrow. Wonder how this will effect Yahoo search and Bing?

[JenBurrows]

Yeah I saw that. I'm curious too.

[abcharlton]

It's a done deal. Yahoo! search engine is going away. Now they will run Bing on all of their sites.

[EastCoast]

I would say that's pretty big news.

[Blythewood]

I'm not sure why the overhaul if this is true. Wouldn't it make more since to drop "Bing" and continue under "Yahoo".

[abcharlton]

I don't know how they will brand it. Microsoft has a tendency to try a new name every few months (MSN search, live search, bing) to see what works. My guess is that with Microsoft in control, both Bing and Yahoo brands will be gone in a year, along with their market share of search, and they'll be calling it "Gaggle". Anyway, the point is that Yahoo! is completely giving up on search, and handing over control to Microsoft. My advice: buy Google stock and dump Microsoft and Yahoo as fast as you can!

[Blythewood]

I agree! Yahoo appears to charge for services that Google offers for free, such as directories. Google is on top of their game...in every aspect. Microsoft seems to be following rather than leading.

[dmyre]

...My advice: buy Google stock and dump Microsoft and Yahoo as fast as you can!

Not so fast... Yahoo and Bing have a large enough traffic base to attract larger companies, who in the past might have just used Google Adwords. Instead of stretching advertising dollars over three networks, it makes sense that alot of advertisers will now split their advertising campaigns over two heavy hitters.

I see this as a good thing...

[abcharlton]

If I still had my Yahoo stock I would give you first right of refusal! J/K. You could be right. Who knows?

[belgradeinvestments.com]

Things are heating up, this deal was done as counter measure to Google announcement of releasing Google Chrome OS, which will be direct threat to rock solid Microsoft position in OS market, indeed MS has always trying to establish complete domination both on desktop and the web market, but Big G was too strong, and latest move was just one alarm to MS that they will hit hard, very hard. Yahoo was just collateral damage in this clash of the 'titans'. I just say: sit comfortably and enjoy the battle, and leave stocks and bonds to speculators, best money is when it is earned through hard work. May the better win!!!

Cheers