Microsoft and Yahoo! Finalise Search Deal
Posted by Reggie James | December 7th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized
Microsoft and Yahoo! have finalised the terms of its search and advertising agreement, four months after the deal was announced.
Tags: BingHoo, Microsoft, PPC, Reggie James, Search Advertising, SEO, Yahoo!
Yahoo! & Microsoft finally walk down the isle together
Posted by Reggie James | July 29th, 2009 | Filed under Reggie James Digital Clarity, Search Advertising
Yahoo! & Microsoft finally walk down the isle together – a marriage made in search heaven?
If I could be anywhere tonight– a fly on the wall with newly weds, Bartz and Balmer would be my first choice….watch this space.
Tags: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!
How Will Yahoo’s results affect the potential Microsoft deal?
Posted by Reggie James | July 21st, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized
Yahoo! has released it results today. Profits rose to $143 million or 10 cents a share, from $132.4 million, or 9 cents a share a year ago. Net revenues fell to $1.14 billion from $1.35 billion a year ago, and gross revenues were down 13% to $1.57 billion.
Operating profit for the quarter fell 25% from a year ago, to $101 million and display ad revenues on Yahoo’s own sites fell 14% from a year ago, a little worse than the 13% drop in the first quarter
For Yahoo! shareholders the result will be another disappointment in trying to recoup return from an already trying stock performance by the former darling of the tech market.
To ad to further woes to the search portal, it was reported earlier in Business Week that forecasts for the third quarter came in somewhat below what Wall Street had hoped: $1.45 billion to $1.55 billion in revenues.
All this as the company is about to unveil a company wide rebrand. The ‘I told you so’ from the Carl Icahn camp will be audible on the street tomorrow.
Tags: Carl Icahn, Yahoo & Microsoft, Yahoo reults, Yahoo!
