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Microsoft is bleeding, time to rethink
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| Each month, new statistics about search engine traffic usage are published by
| companies like Comscore, and it never fails that Microsoft loses ground, and
| Google gains. It’s true that search is a small part of Microsoft’s strategy,
| but when you look at the amount of money they are throwing away to try and
| compete ($1 Billion per year), it’s not hard to see that there are several
| eggs in that basket.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1384
The Argument Against Yahoo-Microsoft (YHOO, MSFT)
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| But this week, a source we can only describe as someone very familiar with
| Yahoo's advertising business gave us four reasons why Yahoo should actually
| run as far as can from Microsoft's offer.
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| * The primary reason is that while most agencies and ad buyers may not
| care if they buy their search and display advertising from the same
| place, some do and the number is rapidly growing. Our source estimates
| that two years ago, probably 30% of Yahoo's advertisers bought into this
| convergence, 50% buy it now and next year, 70% will prefer taking their
| business to a search engine that can also sell display advertising and
| vice-versa.
| * Even outside of losing the business of advertisers who prefer to do
| one-stop shopping, giving up search could drastically damage Yahoo's
| display business. Our source says about 25% of Yahoo's display revenues
| come through behavioral targeting, which doesn't work if Yahoo doesn't
| know what search queries its users are using.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/4-reasons-yahoo-must-not-sell-its-search-business-to-microsoft-2009-4
Partnership once again on board for Yahoo and Microsoft
http://www.bignews.biz/?id=799765&keys=search-Engine-optimization-SEO
Microsoft seeks partnership with Yahoo
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| Yahoo and Microsoft are in talks again, but this time it‘s a partnership deal
| on the table rather than a proposed acquisition, according to reports.
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http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200904270441360
Analyst: Yet Another Microsoft-Yahoo Scenario
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-analyst-microsoft-most-likely-to-switch/
Recent:
Microsoft U.S. Searches Sink to 12-Month Low
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| Microsoft's share of U.S. searches last month fell to its lowest level in a
| year, according to Web tracking firm comScore.
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| The latest data show that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) garnered only 8.2 percent
| of all U.S. search queries in February, slipping from 8.5 percent in January.
| The company had previously held a 9.6 percent share in February 2008.
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http://www.internetnews.com/webcontent/article.php/3810391/Microsoft+US+Searches+Sink+to+12Month+Low.htm
Why Microsoft continues with search: it's still not solved
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/why-microsoft-continues-with-search-its-still-not-solved.ars
Ballmer Still Searching for an Answer to Google
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| "Forty percent of servers run Windows, 60 percent run Linux," he said. "How
| are we doing? Forty is less than 60, so I don't like it. ... We have some
| work to do."
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151568/ballmer_still_searching_for_an_answer_to_google.html
Half Of Microsoft Employees Use Google To Search Web
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| Forget about selling Live Search to the American public—Microsoft (NSDQ:
| MSFT) is struggling to get its own employees to use the search engine. In
| February, fewer than half of the company’s U.S. employees used Live Search,
| while roughly an equal number used Google (NSDQ: GOOG), according to a CNET
| report.
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http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-microsofts-struggles-to-get-employees-to-use-live-search/
Microsoft Employees Demonstrate Fondness For Google
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/04/13/microsoft-employees-demonstrate-fondness-for-google
Related:
Microsoft's Last Big Beat: Internet Domination or Death
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| What can $44.6B USD mean? Well, for Microsoft (MSFT) it may mean the cost of
| survival.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/63876-microsoft-s-last-big-beat-internet-domination-or-death?source=yahoo
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
Will Microsoft Survive the Next 10 Years?
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| I am not really an expert in this but when I read all the negative
| headlines and articles I ask myself if Microsoft really will survive
| the next 10 years.
|
| [...]
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| I am pretty sure that the Open Source Community, the new Ubuntu,
| Google and of course Apple are those companies that are ready for
| our century and they will get more and more people that know what
| they really want.
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http://websquirrel.blogspot.com/2007/03/will-microsoft-survive-next-10-years.html
P. Graham: Microsoft is Dead
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| A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking
| to a young startup founder about how Google was different from Yahoo.
| I said that Yahoo had been warped from the start by their fear of
| Microsoft. That was why they'd positioned themselves as a "media
| company" instead of a technology company. Then I looked at his face
| and realized he didn't understand. It was as if I'd told him how much
| girls liked Barry Manilow in the mid 80s. Barry who?
|
| Microsoft? He didn't say anything, but I could tell he didn't quite
| believe anyone would be frightened of them.
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http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html
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