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Re: [News] MSN/Windows Live Market Share Keeps Sliding

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:23:29 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 06 March 2007 15:59 \__
>
>> Guy Fawkes <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> 
>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
>>> news:5512201.I0rC5RB862@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Software Notebook: Microsoft falls further behind in Web search
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | "If I looked at this, and I were a Microsoft executive, I would
>>>> | definitely be concerned that MSN is not showing nearly the kind
>>>> | of growth that Google and Yahoo are," said Matt Rosoff, an analyst
>>>> | at the independent Directions on Microsoft research firm.
>>>> |
>>>> | The statistics demonstrate the ongoing struggle that Microsoft
>>>> | faces in Web search. The situation is notable in part because of
>>>> | the ad revenue that hinges on the number of people using a
>>>> | particular search site.
>>>> `----
>>> 
>>> MSN Search is dying and will soon have an infinitesimal marketshare. I've
>>> already predicted that Microsoft will purchase Yahoo just to stand some
>>> hope of getting alongside Google. They'd better make it quick since
>>> Yahoo's marketshare is declining too...if they buy it now they can at
>>> least claim *almost* equal marketshare(Google=60%; Yahoo+MSNSearch=40%).
>>> 
>>> It's either that or exit the web-search business completely. It's a
>>> bottomless pit and will be a rallying point for ridicule.
>>> 
>> 
>> The problem with buying Yahoo is that really, it's about buying a
>> failing business, or at least, buying a non-winning one.  This is not
>> territory Microsoft are remotely familiar with, and I think that they
>> lack the analysis skills for it.

It's OK if they're not great at buying garbage. They're very familiar
with stealing and can resort to that as backup plan.





> 
>Guy, you might find the repeated speculations interesting (list below). I
>continue to wonder if acquitions of that scale would be approved
>(everything's possible in America, provided you give some 'incentives' to
>buy vote/s of confidence). Bear in mind also that Yahoo has /many/ services
>that compete with Microsoft services, so it's rather wasteful. A lot of
>development work goes down the drain as you unify /and/ confuse (both the
>end user and yourself). Live is in the mess that it's in (its top man has
>just resigned) because it's made up of many acquisitions and it's totally
>disorganised.
>
>Speaking of weird deals and competing services, I used to enjoy the A9
>(Alexa/Amazon) toolbar, but Microsoft's 'deal' with A9 (primarily intended
>to drop Google) involved shutting down competing services, including the A9
>toolbar. It was the only door to Alexa using Mozilla Firefox. I am still
>angry about this. Acquire, then punish is the motto. They did the same with
>SysInternals (went from open to closed source) and maybe PhotoSynth <
>http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/photosynth-for-linux/ >
>(apparently used to work in GNU/Linux).
>
>
>___
>What if Microsoft Bought Yahoo?
>
>,----[ Quote ]
>| Don't get me wrong. They've built some great stuff. TerraServer
>| is awesome and their Local stuff really shows promise. But this
>| is 2007 and Microsoft is the biggest software company in the
>| world. I expect more. A lot more.
>`----
>
>http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/008461.html
>
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_acquired_by_Microsoft_Corporation
>
>
>10 Reasons Why Microsoft Will Aquire Yahoo In 2007
>
>,----[ Quote ]
>| Will it happen? To me it seems like a no brainer... If Microsoft
>| hopes to compete in this new internet economy (contextual ads)t
>| hey need a bigger chunk of the search market. Yahoo is the
>| only option IMO.
>`----
>
>http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/12/16/10-reasons-why-microsoft-will-aquire-yahoo-in-2007/
>
>
>Microsoft Should Buy Yahoo, Says Merrill Lynch
>
>,----[ Quote ]
>| Microsoft should acquire Yahoo! in order to fend off Google and solidify
>| the software giant's Internet presence, according to a Friday report by
>| Merrill Lynch.
>`---- 
>
>http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/23/microsoft-yahoo-0623markets04.html?partner=yahootix
>
>
>Yahoo rejects Microsoft search offer
>
>,----[ Quote ]
>| Yahoo CEO Terry Semel has revealed he recently rebuffed Microsoft's
>| attempt to bag a stake in the company.
>|
>| Although the Yahoo boss didn't confirm what form the speculated
>| overtures took, he slapped down the idea Yahoo would be willing to
>| let Microsoft take a stake in the company.
>|
>| According to a report in the Financial Times, Semel said: "Microsoft
>| taking over Yahoo--that conversation has never come up."
>|
>| He added: "(We discussed) search, and Microsoft co-owning some of our
>| search. I will not sell a piece of search--it is like selling your
>| right arm while keeping your left; it does not make any sense."
>`----
>
>http://news.com.com/2061-10811_3-6071556.html?part=rss&tag=6071556&subj=news
>
>
>If the WSJ says so, it must be true
>
>,----[ Quote ]
>| MICROSOFT has been looking at a possible acquisition of the Yahoo online
>| portal and search engine, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
>`----
>
>                                http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31460 
>
>
>,----[ Quote ]
>| The fight is on between the three internet search titans, after Yahoo's
>| Terry Semel laid down the gauntlet to Microsoft saying the software
>| giant's recently elevated ambitions in the search arena were a lost cause.
>|
>| "My impartial advice to Microsoft is that you have no chance. The
>| search business has been formed," he said in an interview with the
>| New Yorker's Ken Auletta."
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| "That crashing sound you hear, is a chair being thrown across an
>| office in Redmond," said another (blogger).
>`----
>
>http://news.ft.com/cms/s/11eadcd4-e1a3-11da-bf4c-0000779e2340.html 


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