Tag Archives: Yahoo
Why Yahoo Continues to Fall
Yahoo! at one time the king of search and email, but those days are long gone. The recent executive changes at the top have made no difference. Yahoo continues to struggle and for more than just popularity among users, but functionality. Lately, the problems have escalated to the point that Yahoo has lost control of [...]
Full StoryYoo-hoo to Buy Yahoo?
It looks like the favorite soft drink company has interest in Yahoo. It seems like a coincidence being that both the brands sound closely similar and are close in spelling, but why would Yoo-hoo want to get into the search space? This makes no sense or at least it seems odd, but in this day [...]
Full StoryHow Are Your Keywords Ranking?
This Firefox extension is a must have for all blog and website owners. It’s important to know how certain keywords are ranking in the most popular search engines. SEOBook offers a free Firefox Rank Checker extension to easily check your website rankings in Google (US and international), Yahoo, and Microsoft Live search. It’s easy to [...]
Full StoryDeal or No Deal
It looks like talks are back on with Yahoo on a potential deal for Microsoft to buyout the struggling search company. It has not been a week since Yahoo found their new CEO Carol Bartz. Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, met with Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock in New York this week, according to a report [...]
Full StoryYahoo Yang Steps Down
Yahoo Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang will step down after the company finds a replacement. It was a great run for this innovator and a ride he will never forget. Yahoo, Inc. is still the #1 search engine today and it has been aggressively challenge by Google. What’s next for Yahoo now? I [...]
Full StoryDeal or No Deal?
Google announced Wednesday that it is ending its effort towards a search advertising partnership with Yahoo. After four months of struggling with advertisers and government regulators who voiced competitive and antitrust concerns about the deal, the company said in a blog post that continuing the effort is not in the best interests of Google or [...]
Full StorySarah Palin Hacked!
Sarah Palin’s Yahoo email account was Hacked on Tuesday by an activist group known as ‘anonymous’, according to a Web site that publishes leaked documents alleging government and corporate misconduct. Anonymous gained access to Palin’s Yahoo e-mail address on Tuesday evening and gave the information to Wikileaks, according to the Web site. Data shared included [...]
Full StoryIntel and Yahoo Join Forces
Intel today launched a system-on-a-chip (SoC) for digital television, and said it has partnered with Yahoo in building software that brings the Web to the TV screen. Media Processor CE 3100, launched at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, is the first of a family of SoCs for consumer electronics, a market that Intel [...]
Full StoryWhat’s All The Buzz About?
Yahoo Buzz, like Digg is a rating service where you can submit stories and rate other stories. Buzz went live on Tuesday and many bloggers lined up to submit stories of their own. The goal is to get as much positive ratings so you can hit the sweet spot, the ‘front page’. Easier said than [...]
Full StoryMicrosoft Backs Yahoo into a Corner
When is this all going to end? This battle for a take over will go on for a long time or until Yahoo’s board gets ousted. As described by Yahoo in a statement released late Saturday, Microsoft packaged its latest offer with activist investor Carl Icahn, a billionaire who is seeking to overthrow Yahoo’s board [...]
Full StoryIcahn and Ballmer Bullying Yang and Yahoo’s board
Carl Icahn the Activist investor and Microsoft are now bullying their way to toss Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the company’s board of directors. Icahn says in a letter that he has been chatting up Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer along with other key executives about how the two companies can “do a transaction together.” In [...]
Full StoryYahoo and Microsoft Dazed and Confused
With all the press about Microsoft and Yahoo, and of course the retirement of Bill Gates, what will come next? I for one can tell you that Microsoft is hurting a little with the failure to acquire Yahoo, and the lack luster following of Vista. Can Microsoft turn it around? I think Microsoft is really [...]
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