Entries Tagged as 'yahoo'
A few thoughts on Microsoft
Nothing coherent here, just a couple of random thoughts I had about Microsoft.
The first thing is the good news that Microsoft will be making real standards compliance the default mode for the forthcoming IE8. This is an about face from their previous stance where the default mode would be to render the same way [...]
Yahoo and AOL?
So the internets are reporting that Yahoo is reviving its AOL merger talks to try and stave off the Microsoft takeover. Turns out the blogoweb hates this. Personally, I think it’s fairly unlikely to happen just like last time, although perhaps not, given that Time Warner’s thinking about splitting AOL in two and IPO’ing them [...]
Some thoughts on Microsoft/Yahoo
Nothings changed. It was and remains a dumb idea and will sink both companies if it happens. Well you know, not sink, go out of business, but sink, make noticeably worse than they are now. Decreasing shareholder value. I did come across SAR’s nice review of more reasons (than my own “two giant, directionless bureaucracies [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo
So, I still think a Microsoft/Yahoo merger would be a mistake for both companies. This is reaffirmed by the already contentious relationship they have - Kara Swisher is reporting that Microsoft went public with this to force Yahoo’s hand.
“I woke up this morning and couldn’t believe that they did it,†said one exec. “They had [...]
Microsoft makes an offer for Yahoo
$45 billion. Huh. It was almost a year ago that the news surfaced that MSFT was in discussions with YHOO for the buy. Now they seem to have made a $45 billion (unsolicited) offer for the troubled company ($31/share). This on top of the news that Terry Semel is completely out of the picture now.
Ultimately, [...]
Extra Links: Google v. Yahoo
Matt Cutts posted the other day his video on the anatomy of a search snippet, where a snippet is one search result section. Most of it I found mildly interesting but what I became most intrigued by was his discussion of site links - those extra links that sometimes show up on search returns. He [...]
Yahoo Mash and Social Networks
I got an invite to Yahoo Mash and played around there for a bit and then I was reading Hsin’s blog and came across his post on social networks. And it got me thinking. I don’t necessarily agree with his rage against social networks being an old concept. Like it or not MySpace did pioneer [...]
Categories: social networks · web2.0 · yahoo
GeekFindr: YSlow, find out what’s slowing down your site
Scott pointed out YSlow to me some weeks ago and I’ve been using it every now and again. It’s a Firebug extension that grades you on how well you follow Yahoo’s 13 Rules for a High Performance Website.
Once you’ve added YSlow in you go to the site you want to profile and turn on Firebug [...]
Categories: geekfindr · optimization · yahoo
Microsoft and Yahoo in the news
Huh, well Microsoft caved to Google demands to open up Vista to be friendlier to third party desktop searches (or Instant Search, as it’s known to Vista). I guess they couldn’t hold out any longer against the might of our Justice Department! It’ll stash that in a “test version” of Vista Service Pack 1 by [...]
Microsoft to buy Yahoo?
Wow, just saw the 18% jump in YHOO and found that Microsoft just asked Yahoo to enter in serious negotiations (MSFT down near 1%). I’d be sad if that happened, as it’d really be the end of an era. Would Yahoo turn into MSN Yahoo? or Active Yahoo? Yahoo 360? Sigh. And ultimately I don’t [...]
