Category Archives: yahoo

OMG – It is Socialism on the Internet!

Posted on December 6, 2008 by

There does not seem to be enough reporting or buzz about about Google and Facebook’s social networking widget strategy.. The Industry Standard notes the growing Facebook v Googe battle for “internet mindshare”. I’d argue this is the single most important … Continue reading →

Posted in computers, Web 2.0, yahoo | 4 Comments

Yahoo Buyout Rumor – this one is real

Posted on December 2, 2008 by

The faulty Times of London rumor over the weekend about a pending major Yahoo search deal with Microsoft was likely spawned in part by what appear to be correct reports that Jonathan Miller, former CEO of AOL, has been working … Continue reading →

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Microsoft to Aquire Yahoo Search for 20 Billion… or not?

Posted on November 29, 2008 by

While the Times of London is reporting that Microsoft is close to announcing a Yahoo search aquisition at 20 billion with a slew of details suggesting they have a lot of inside information, Venture Beat is suggesting this might be … Continue reading →

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AOL and Yahoo star in “Spawn of the Ugly Ducklings”

Posted on October 6, 2008 by

After Yahoo turned down Microsoft’s offer of over $31 per share there has not been much good news for a troubled Yahoo, with a price now right about *half* what Microsoft offered.   However it does appear that Yahoo will merge … Continue reading →

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Check out some Boss Mashups

Posted on August 7, 2008 by

Yahoo BOSS is a promising development tool that allows you to access some very powerful features from the Yahoo toolbox.   TechCrunch features some of the best BOSS mashups to date today and also notes that the BOSS “Yuil” application that … Continue reading →

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Yahoo Shareholder non-meeting

Posted on August 1, 2008 by

Today Yahoo Shareholders are meeting in San Jose.   Or maybe we should say non-meeting since there are apparentely mostly empty chairs and uneaten pastry in a venue that was to hold 1000. With shares now trading about $19 you’d think … Continue reading →

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Delicious.com is up! Everybody Yawns. Tagging is so … 2007!

Posted on July 31, 2008 by

OK, even though I really love the power of tagging things and think *auto tagging* will quickly becoming a cornerstone of how the world will effectively managing the maelstrom of web content effectively, I’m not really feeling the new launch  … Continue reading →

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Cuil Search “Ah Ha! NOW I GET IT!”

Posted on July 28, 2008 by

OK, I have a mild conspiracy hypothesis about Cuil that helps explain what I see as the glaring problems with this new entrant into the search landscape.   I should say that I don’t know any of the founders so it’s … Continue reading →

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Extremism in the defense of the algorithm is no vice?

Posted on July 27, 2008 by

WordPress surfing led me to another interesting sob story from a penalized webmaster and my reply got so long it deserved to become a post: Marshall Sponder wrote: Take Know More Media’s case – you have 100+ blogs and 2+ … Continue reading →

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Ballmer: Yahoo a tactic, not a strategy

Posted on July 24, 2008 by

Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer spoke to the Microsofties today about the companies plans.   For Yahoo merger followers there was nothign much new as he simply reiterated this point: Related to Google and our search strategy are the discussions we had … Continue reading →

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