Showing posts with label Yahoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yahoo. Show all posts

Monday, October 6, 2008

The cooperation of Yahoo and Google ads was force to delay

This IT news is provided from the SK Holdings Company Ltd
Oct. 4, according to foreign media reports, in order to provide more time for the U.S. Department of Justice to assess, Yahoo and Google have agreed to suspend the implementation of the recently reached agreement on search advertising.

Microsoft plans to resist the merger as part of Yahoo and Google on June 12 signed a cooperation agreement search advertising, Google allowed in the Yahoo Web site to place ads. The move is expected each year for Yahoo to create 800,000,000 U.S. dollars of revenue, but the deal has sparked concerns of the industry.

September 7, the National Association for advertisers sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice, said that Google, Yahoo deal could undermine fair competition in the market and reduce consumer choice and enhance the advertisers advertising costs. September 15, the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said that bilateral co-operation would reduce the cost of paid search advertising, the impact of newspapers and other Web advertising revenue.

At present, the U.S. Department of Justice and several state antitrust agency is evaluating the deal. The Justice Department has also hired a well-known lawyer symphorien Deliwake (Sanford Litvack) as the legal adviser of the case.

Earlier, Google CEO Eric Schmidt (Eric Schmidt) has said that the second will be implemented on schedule early in October with the signing of the Yahoo advertising deal. Schmidt said: "The Ministry of Justice to assess the agreement still has not given specific comments, but we decided in October to implement the agreement."

On schedule for the implementation of the deal, Yahoo President Susan Decker (Sue Decker) in recent days in the official Yahoo blog also made a clarification, saying the industry's concerns are exaggerated.

But Friday, Yahoo has announced to postpone the implementation of the agreement. According to informed sources, the extension will not exceed one month, and eill be implied in October.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Google beated Yahoo and was most satisfied by U.S. customers

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Michigan University in the United States launched a survey "American customer satisfacting index", Google has expanded its network advantage gaining back the honor of the highest satisfaction index from the hands of Yahoo.
The survey of the number of participants to 3,000 people. According to the quality of perception, and look forward to complain grade, interviewed by the target rate for enterprises, the enterprises get out of 100.

Advisory firms ForeSee Results CEO Fred said that the survey shows that more and more people are no longer just use Google's search services, and has begun to shift to the use of Google's e-mail, maps and news network Services. "Google's innovation not only in the company's management style, but also in the application software. People like Google to provide the superior companies such as Yahoo's service."

In the survey, Google in 86 minutes; Yahoo in 77 points in 76 minutes Microsoft; Ask.com in 74 minutes, AOL for 69 points.

Google also scored higher than if Disney's ABCNews.com and Time Warner's CNN.com news site, such as the score.

Fred said that Google received the highest score in the survey "American Customer Satisfaction Index," proving continuing satisfaction of users to Google. He said that from the point of enterprises the most important thing is satisfied customers, because only if customers are satisfacted, will the enterprise get higher customer loyalty and a good reputation among customers.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

SK Holdings Company Ltd: Yahoo shares fell 3.5 percent

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August 19, According to foreign media reports, as many analysts lowered the expected results in the second half year, Yahoo shares fell 3.5 percent on Monday.

Monday, Yahoo shares fell 71 cents, or 3.5 percent, to close at 19.73 U.S. dollars.

U.S. investment bank Oppenheimer, an analyst at Qiaosen Hai Fu Sting lowered the second half of Yahoo's performance expectations, he considered that due to macro-economic weakness, Yahoo second half of the profit will be 32 cents per share, before his Expected 37 cents a share. At present, the analyst to set Yahoo stock market and the rating is unchanged.

The Standard & Poor's Securities Research analyst Sige Tekaisile to Yahoo from the prior year earnings forecast of 52 cents lower to 48 cents a share, he said that the reason for the macroeconomic environment is poor.

However, Kessler will be Yahoo stock from "holding" raised to "buy" because of the Olympics will enable Yahoo's traffic and revenue benefits.

According to statistics, Wall Street analysts now believe that Yahoo's full-year earnings per share of 45 cents.

Kessler also said that Yahoo last week added two new directors, they may repurchase more shares in the future.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Yahoo's largest shareholder questioned votes for Jerry Yang

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Yahoo's largest shareholder Capital Research fund management company recently requested Broadridge company re-check the votes given by Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang in the general meeting of shareholders last Friday.

Yahoo annual shareholders meeting, including Jerry Yang, Yahoo's original nine board members all re-elected. Jerry Yang's support rate was as high as 85 percent, ranking fifth.

Capital Research fund management companies expressed doubts about the voting results, as at March 31, Capital Research holders Yahoo 220 million shares, representing a 16.3 percent stake in Yahoo, Yahoo's largest shareholder. As for Yahoo and radical investment Kaeryikan (Carl Icahn) is not satisfied with reaching a settlement, Capital Research last week said they would vote against it. If the company voted against, Yang was unable to meet the support of 85 percent.

Analysts believe that Microsoft announced the acquisition from Yahoo, Jerry Yang has been condemned by the shareholders, and the rumors he will not leave when the rise, the higher number of votes in his re-election, caused a lot of shareholder discontent.

Capital Research portfolio manager Gedeng Ke Crawford (Gordon Crawford) that there should be more of the shareholders to vote against Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang.

The U.S.Yahoo responded Monday, announced that the voting results in the general meeting of shareholders are accurate, has not been influenced by agencies or agents.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Microsoft and Google

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In the political arena on the network, Google is growing older brother, take the lead in this, but it also roped into the Yahoo group, so that behind the Microsoft Jinzhuibushe particularly anxious. Of course, the software giant of the high-sounding paper is dismissive of the contract, it is only bent on obstructing the marriage of Google and Yahoo. However, lawyers and analysts Ballmer insists Niele Yi of the cold sweat.

Microsoft has play a protracted war. To obstruct or delay the Google ads is to outsource the pretext of Yahoo, Microsoft is the real Fangxinbuxia Yahoo search this fat. Once over the past few months, almost at hand, opponents now have to do Jiayi, Ballmer hearts Bu Haoshou ah. Therefore, Microsoft is deliberately planned to spend their own lawyers and government contacts that the authorities can search ads to Google monopoly on qualitative, as it allows Google to Yahoo's new partnerships to pay high price for it. However, experts on Microsoft's struggle held a negative attitude, they believe that Google's practices and not what is wrong with.

Do not matter none, hangs high. They know how Microsoft's heart is bleeding. February, Yahoo Microsoft to offer 44.6 billion U.S. dollars, Yahoo suspected low. Three months later, Microsoft added to the price of the 47.5 billion U.S. dollars, Yahoo buck-passing. A month ago, Microsoft also proposed to spend 9 billion acquisition of Yahoo's search business. At this time, Google jumped out, the terminology used mahjong speaking, this is naked and robbed. Ultimately, six months in the Yahoo signed an agreement with Google, Google's search advertising Fangdao Yahoo home page, saying this will increase an additional 2.5-4.5 billion dollars in cash flow. Yahoo plans to use the money remodeling its own search engine. At the same time, Google wants to help Yahoo Please Microsoft's control. This allows Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gas-hate difficult, he let it be known to the media, Microsoft will not buy Google to Yahoo for background.

That is to say, Bengguan have Yahoo, Microsoft still had to fight with Google. Last month, Microsoft launched the plan is to return funds to Microsoft's Live Search search engine of recruitment, its current phase of the Wii and digital cameras as prizes. Is to search through the crossword in the form of
力推Live Search, Qiangdi Pan. At the same time, Google and Yahoo has started five of millions of dollars of funds for acquisition of the commercial cooperation. However, in their announcement, the Justice Department began an investigation on the involvement them. Fortunately, the two said in unison, and there is no unfair competition acts. Google is obviously the Ministry of Justice questioned the innocent, because of its more powerful the fact that more and more to its brand characteristics of a monopoly. Department of Justice under the close surveillance, Google and Yahoo slowed down the pace of cooperation. But Google still full of confidence that this transaction will be a normal commercial cooperation, there will be no Maoni.

Microsoft hopes to be able to use the Ministry of Justice of the contract Miediao. Software giant Google's sophistry that was futile, the market position of the two previous merger, not monopoly, is a ghost in the letter. Google said such cooperation is not exclusive, just as if Toyota allowing GM to use its technology patents, it is also their mandate to the Yahoo search technology by the latter to care outsourcing advertising business. Microsoft believes that, Google and Yahoo this is damage to curry favor with the interests of advertisers, this is its unified online advertising Jiangshan the trick. In order for their strong, so that their dependence on Yahoo, Google is well intentioned. Yahoo is clearly hope that the Justice Department contributed to independence, so the tripartite interests of competition in the market have a balanced role. As long as Yahoo is still competitive with Google, the dominance of a monopoly situation would not have happened. This is also expected to see the Microsoft. If Yahoo still insists on the Google Touhuaisongbao, as advertisers faced with the rising cost of advertising potential crisis, which is the monopoly of influence.

According to comScore last month's report showed that: in the U.S. search market, Google accounted for 61.8 percent market share, Yahoo with 20.6 percent, 82.4 percent is the combination of SHUANGJIAN, once unified pricing advertisers will certainly suffer major blow. It is said that the Justice Department's findings in the October 1 this year announced, government officials can all hope that Google and Yahoo's terms of dried. Microsoft's pressure on purpose or Google, Google firmly believe that it is only learning from the best of Yahoo for its own use, undermine competitors consolidate its intentions quite clearly in Jiangshan. Therefore, Microsoft firmly believes that if no Yahoo, Google's plot will not succeed. Therefore, Microsoft is determined to the backing of the Ministry of Justice, Google and Yahoo stop in the end, I do not know when the autumn, the battle will not end, let us Caliangyanjing to enjoy the search Three Kingdoms!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

May Yahoo Google search Microsoft's share to increase market share decline

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Market research firm comScore on the search traffic in May after an analysis that Microsoft's search market share has declined in April, while Google and Yahoo in search market share has increased slightly.

According to comScore data, Google with 61.8 percent market share dominate the search market, its market share in April than the 61.6 percent increase 0.2 percentage points. Yahoo with 20.6 percent market share in second place, its market share in April also increased by 0.2 percentage points.

Microsoft to 8.5 percent market share in the search market, was third, in May the search market share than April's 9.1 percent decline by 0.6 percentage points. In addition, AOL and Ask in the search market share is less than 5 percent, May's search market share are 4.5%, AOL's market share in April dropped by 0.1 percentage points, Ask's market share in April dropped by 0.2 percentage points.

Compared with the same period last year, Google in the search market share grew by 28.4 percent, Yahoo's market share declined by 2 percent, Microsoft's market share grew by 2.8 percent.