Microsoft-Yahoo! Deal Make life tough to Google

Microsoft is tightening up the battle (online) for Google. Yes the Software giant and the online giant Yahoo deal is been cleared by the Americal and European Councils yesterday which is a 10 year contract where microsoft Will push Bing as the mainstram search engine and Yahoo concentrated more on luring big advertisers.

The 10-year deal, struck last July, is part of Microsoft's plans to create an online business to rival Google, a field where Microsoft has lost $5 billion since 2006.

Well the performance of Bing was not too bad in the last year but it has some way to go to challenge the rival Google."Microsoft really has room to throw money at this," said Kim Caughey, senior analyst, Fort Pitt Capital Group.."Microsoft really has room to throw money at this "I think it can work. If they can make inroads in specific target areas, they could have something positive to report." Microsoft has claimed a measure of success with its search engine, Bing, racking up 3.3 points of market share since its June 2009 launch. But Bing has some way to go before it can even seriously think of challenging Google.


Battle between Microsoft and Google is not only limiting to online business but it has got into Operating systems and mobile phones. As discussed earlier its very hard to say who wins the battle and the fact is no one made an major impact on their either's core market.

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Yahoo confirms acquisition of Xoopit

Xoopit a San Fransico start up which won the Yahoo Open Hack contest by building an app that runs on top of Yahoo Mail. The application digs through a person's inbox to reveal photos and other media lurking within, including both attachments and Web addresses that link to sites such as Flickr or Picasa Web Albums.


Now Yahoo has confirmed that its going to acquire Xoopit, a start-up that helps people share content from their inboxes with social-networking sites such as Facebook, the Web pioneer confirmed Wednesday.

Yahoo planed to acquire Xoopit as it feels like it can add new photo features to Yahoo mail which may boost up their service. According to sources the deal value is US$20 million.

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Yahoo CFO Quits, CEO looks for Restructuring.

Carol bartz Well Well Well The new CEO of Yahoo announces her arrival. Carl Bartz who was appointed as Yahoo Ceo is taking the news steps to restructure the organization. Carl said "Today I'm rolling out a new management structure that I believe will make Yahoo! a lot faster on its feet. For us working at Yahoo!, it means everything gets simpler. We'll be able to make speedier decisions, the notorious silos are gone, and we have a renewed focus on the customer" .

Bartz also said that she would create a new Customer Advocacy Group to improve customer and advertiser support. "Our customer care team does an incredible job with the amazing number of people who come to them, but they need better resources. So we're investing in that."
Finally, a note about our brand. "It's one of our biggest assets. Mention Yahoo! practically anywhere in the world, and people yodel. But in the past few years, we haven't been as clear in showing the world what the Yahoo! brand stands for. We're going to change that.we haven't been as clear in showing the world what the Yahoo! brand stands for. We're going to change that. Look for this company's brand to kick ass again," she said.

Finally, Bartz said that she will continue blogging, "though probably not soon. I have a pretty long to-do list."

Well it looks yahoo is pretty serious about the restructuring the organization as Jorgensen CFO has left the company and they are in search for The New CFO.

I hope market has a keen watch on these restructuring of yahoo well they already annouced new tools for advertsing and now restructing , Guys i think yahoo is seriously coming back to the race after all the things it has faced like Jerry yang leaving yahoo and microsoft deal failure.

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New marketing tools by yahoo

yahoo was under pressure for nearly a year after the failure of Microsoft deal.Yahoo is preparing for the new approach for the market. It is expected to show the new tools that are helpful for the marketers have better target for online ads.

"Targeting a site with a couple hundred thousand users...I don't call that targeting. I call that wasted effort," Joanne Bradford, Yahoo's senior vice president of U.S. revenue and market development, told the paper. "Size does matter."

they say that their one of the service will target the graphical ads to users based on the search terms in yahoo serach engine.

Bradford and Yahoo senior VP Michael Walrath are expected to discuss the new features at a conference in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday.

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Yahoo Mobile Portal for iPhone

At the recent Mobile World Congress which was held in Barcelona , Yahoo showed off its Yahoo Mobile application which simplifies the connectivities to various mobile web applications on iphone. Well this sounds interesting but we need to wait till march to see this in live. This application provides access to voice search, Maps, News,Social Networking and also instant messaging.

You can check the Beta version of yahoo application on iphone here http://mobile.yahoo.com/

"We believe the new Yahoo Mobile will transform the way millions of mobile users around the world will interact with the Internet," said Marco Boerries, Yahoo's executive vice president, in a statement. "Yahoo Mobile will enable users to create their own Internet starting point on their mobile device so they can better discover, connect to, and stay informed about the people and things that are important to them."

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Bartz becomes Yahoo CEO

Carol Bartz has been annouced as New Yahoo CEO.Bartz, 60, spent 14 years as Autodesk's CEO before becoming executive chairman in 2006."She is the exact combination of seasoned technology executive and savvy leader that the board was looking for, and we are thrilled to have attracted such a world-class talent to Yahoo," Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock said in a statement Tuesday. In the earlier post i stated that Sue decker might be the new CEO of yahoo but everything was changed as we see this very frequent in the corporates.Well yahoo has choosed Bartz as the New CEO .Well Bartz might be facing very challenging job a head and stay tuned for how she handles the microsoft yahoo deal. we she push away the deal or tackles it in her own way.And also Yahoo announced the departure of President Susan Decker. Board thanked Sue for her service as President and the effort she put for the business of yahoo development in various roles for more than 9 years. and also thanked her for showing her willingness to work with Bartz and said we Respect her decision to move on to other challenges.

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Who could be the Next Yahoo Ceo : is it Decker?

Yahoo CEO search may soon come to an end. There are some strong contenders for this position. But some sources said Decker is the strong contender for this position as of now.
Decker has undergone two rounds of interviews in-depth with yahoo board.Usuallu one when recruting in executive circles, if a candidate undergoes more than one round of interview then it signals a strong contender.
Many Industry players and investors of yahoo discounted Decker as a viable CEO candidate for the struggling Internet search pioneer.
There are other strong contenders for post of yahoo CEO. L:ikely they are Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin,Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz.
Choosing Ms Bartz, 60 years old, will say that yahoo might be looking for a steady hand who is experienced with internet and online advertising.
Sarin is reportedly no longer interested in the Yahoo CEO gig. But guys we need to wait and watch who could be the next CEO of Yahoo. As they have mentioned there is no deadline for declaring the name of the new CEO.
Analysts think that if they recruit a person from outside yahoo , they could look much better into the business of yahoo.
But According to Internal Sources they may declare in next week. If is happens its again a big news in the market and se how yahoo tackles the market at the Current postion.

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