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A WebmasterWorld thread has a horror story about how difficult it seems to take PPC data out of Yahoo! Search Marketing and port it to another account. In this particular case, the person is trying to detach from a search agency and migrate the information elsewhere. Is it possible?It seems that the answer to that is no.Werty speaks about his own experience with his switch over to Panama. According to him, when that happened, one of his clients had master account privileges to all his other read more »
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In what may be the most upfront marketing message from Yahoo which positions its search engine as an alternative to Google, Yahoo Search sent out an advertisement today to its Yahoo Mail users asking them to stop Googling and try Yahoo Search.The email advertisement is pretty direct and to the point and links to a [...] read more »
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Two months after making its $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo, Microsoft has no plans to increase its bid even after Yahoo rejected the initial takeover price and has spoken with AOL and other companies to form merger alternatives.From Reuters : Although some technology blogs have speculated that Microsoft is planning to raise its bid, [...] read more »
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According to published reports, Microsoft is unlikely to raise its bid for Yahoo. It seems that Microsoft doesn't think Yahoo's recent projected revenues provide any reason to raise purchase price from the original $31 per share offer. The bid included cash as well as stock and the original $44.6 billion buyout price is now valued around $42 billion.In early March, reports surfaced that the two search players had met to discuss generalities of the proposed acquisition. So far, there has been no read more »
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Despite what foolery you may read today, Microsoft has no plans to raise its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo.According to the WSJ…Such pronouncements are standard in deal negotiations but people close to Microsoft insist the stance isn’t posturing. While speculation has swirled that Microsoft was poised to raise its bid, Microsoft is instead biding its [...] read more »
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Yahoo! Buzz updated with new features last night. Among them are:“Top Buzz” widget for any publishers interested in expanding their content offerings by displaying the top articles across Yahoo! Buzz (or within specific categories) “First Buzzed By” indicators (showing who was the first to Buzz an item) and personalRSS feeds for top Buzz stories overall, as well as within specific categoriesMeanwhile, new publishers have been signing up to Yahoo! Buzz including:AskMen.comThePanelist.comVenture read more »
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After Microsoft pulled their $47.5 billion takeover bid on Monday, shares of Yahoo plummeted more than 16 percent in late morning bidding, nearly wiping out half of the gains in the company’s stock price since Microsoft made its initial offer in late January.  Yahoo has been holding firm in their assertation that Microsoft’s bid significantly undervalues [...] read more »
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Searchers may prefer Google, but when it comes to developing so-called Web 2.0 sites, web developers rated Microsoft/Windows Live the best, according to a report by Evans Data Corp. Google did come in second with Yahoo coming in third. Incidentally, Google and Amazon came in first and second respectively when it comes to ease of use. Neither ease of use or overall ranking directly correlated with profits. Paypal and eBay brought in the most dollars - albeit barely. And Paypal was apparently the read more »
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