Comments on: Microsoft Offer to Buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion

By: Vink

Vink — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:54:09 +0000

Throughout the past two years Google has been on a huge exapnsion drive. Microsoft has realised this and instead of attempting to but up smaller entities it has just decided to grab the biggest fish – Yahoo.

I guess its time to show Google who is the bigger cat in this business

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:06:57 +0000

Hi ChampDog, from my research it sems that Yahoo is market leader in the so-called Display Ads segment (ie banner & flash/multimedia ads). If combined with MSN they are a powerful force. There is a post on my blog about this:

http://www.netallianz.com/gallery/2008/02/09/online-advertising-continues-its-intense-growth/

The MS move is more an aggressive than defensive one. They are trying to block off Google in a fast growing area. Meanwhile Google is experiencing slow down in Adwords growth, which may explain why a lot of publishers are complaining about declining Adsense PPC

By: ChampDog

ChampDog — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:15:54 +0000

If I were MS, I won’t buy yahoo at all. As Larry said, even if they combined, they can’t compete with Google as well. May as well use the money for other stuff (e.g. hire more creative ppl to implement more creative products).

By: Mr. Bear

Mr. Bear — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:17:24 +0000

I think ms might offer even more to buy yahoo soon. I do agree that MS offered too little for the yahoo founder/investors to give up so much.

No harm for M$ to offer 10x more for yahoo in consideration of the latter potential and future earnings.

Unless of course the purpose was to get rid of yahoo. Buy it and remove it.

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:10:50 +0000

Yes the offer was rejected, my guess is that this is only the beginning of the courtship by Microsoft.

Both Yahoo & MSN cannot compete with Google individually and Yahoo is worth far more to Microsoft than $44bil. But even combined, they don’t have a product to counter Google Adwords.

By: ChampDog

ChampDog — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:40:07 +0000

I thought I read somewhere they already rejected the offer. They said the offer $ underestimate them.

By: rem

rem — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:27:21 +0000

yerp.steve balmer even said they are on track! dem,they are very serious considering buying yahoo.i hope that wont happen.now we have msn-google-yahoo.imagine later on we only have google as the ONLY rival to microsoft.oh no!~

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:10:08 +0000

arhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! microsoft better hands off my beloved flickr.com!!!!!!!!………………. fu*k off microsoft!!!!!!!!!!

By: zaifulzin

zaifulzin — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:16:57 +0000

good move for microsoft and also yahoo share holder….i dont know what will happened if only two big players left in this industry…can you all tell you imagination to me…

By: ChampDog

ChampDog — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:29:46 +0000

Interesting to know the outcome. I don’t think this will be big threat to Google anyway.

By: ITrush

ITrush — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:28:11 +0000

This is going to be a big hit, keep us posted liewcf.

By: lankapo

lankapo — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:41:37 +0000

hmm at least Uncle G’s monopoly will face new competition
and maybe YMC will bring new source of income hopefully

By: myson

myson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:42:42 +0000

is there any benefit for me from the deal

i only use bloggers…

somebody update me

By: AhTim

AhTim — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:59:25 +0000

It’s a technology war in year 2008!

–blog for dream–

By: stevewy

stevewy — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:49:16 +0000

why buying a company for 44.6 billion just because they wanted to compete against google?

if im google, with the current strong IT team, i think its possible to develope new google operating system to fight against MS liaw…

Syahid A:
fast fast pergi register domain name “MicroHoo” or “YaMic” lohh…maybe billy gates wana buy frm u offering 44.6billion…ringgit :p

By: Great

Great — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:29:40 +0000

That gives some serious thinking for google to do. Its a good deal for microsoft but i am very interested to see what happens in upcoming months. will Google do anything about it?

By: Orange

Orange — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:12:56 +0000

Don’t forget that theres always a bigger fish.

By: Eddie Law

Eddie Law — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:10:06 +0000

This is a wise move by Microsoft as in internet world either you are BIG or you are out.

By: Fahmishah

Fahmishah — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:45:37 +0000

big! very big number! i cant wait for the result

By: affuan

affuan — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:52:38 +0000

big enuff for us malaysian.