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Google Dumps Yahoo, Which Should Come as a Shock Only to Yahoo
Google Dumps Yahoo, Which Should Come as a Shock Only to Yahoo
When reports came out last week that Google and Yahoo were downsizing their controversial advertising deal, I told a Yahoo exec I happened to be having dinner with that that it was the surest sign that the search giant was about to dump the long-suffering Internet portal. The exec, who ...
Official Google Blog: Ending our agreement with Yahoo!
googleblog.blogspot.com — In June we announced an advertising agreement with Yahoo! that gave Yahoo! the option of using Google... to provide ads on its websites (and its publisher partners' sites) in the U.S. and Canada. At the same time, both companies agreed to delay ... (more) Official Google Blog: Ending our agreement with Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release
yhoo.client.shareholder.com — Yahoo! Announces Termination of Services Agreement by Google SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo!... Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that Google has terminated the advertising services ... (more) Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release
Yahoo’s Yang Has No Regrets — He Should [GigaOM]
Yahoo’s Yang Has No Regrets — He Should [GigaOM]
gigaom.com — In hindsight, we are all geniuses or simpletons — it’s just a matter of how much time... we give history to ferment. At this point, it doesn’t look like history will be kind to Jerry Yang, who has had the unenviable job of ... (more) Yahoo’s Yang Has No Regrets — He Should [GigaOM]
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Google AYBABTU Report - YahOOGLE Pronounced Dead
ACT - Protecting Small Business Innovation — ... advertising and Internet search syndication.  Basically, Google's only path toward implementing this deal was through a long court battle. While Yahoo! needed the short-term revenue infusion the deal was supposed to provide, Google never really NEEDED this deal. They had several strategic reasons for making the deal, but it was never critical to their long-term goals.   And the downside of trying to push the deal through the hard way would be enormous (and probably fruitless).  As Kara Swisher noted again today , this fact was not lost on some of the more DC-savvy members of ...

Weekend Update, 11/8/08
Digital Daily — ... , but there’s a lot of back-and-forth that makes BoomTown wonder. Google backed out of the much-discussed search ad partnership with the company after the DOJ made it clear that it was not going to happen without a fight. The also-much-discussed merger with AOL has ...

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