SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 1, 2008

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft Makes $45 Billion Bid To Buy Yahoo Microsoft is to bid $31 per share to Yahoo’s board of directors to purchase the company, a deal potentially worth $45 billion. Below, […]

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

  • Microsoft Makes
    $45 Billion Bid To Buy Yahoo

    Microsoft is to bid $31 per share to Yahoo’s board of directors to purchase
    the company, a deal potentially worth $45 billion. Below, more details, some
    history and analysis. We’ll also keep updating this story, and we’ll have a
    separate post linked from this when the conference call starts….
  • Q&A With
    Microsoft On Proposed Yahoo Purchase: 2+2 = #1

    Greg Sterling and I have just finished a short Q&A with Microsoft’s Yusuf
    Mehdi, senior vice president of strategic partnerships, about his company’s
    bid to acquire Yahoo. How does Microsoft plan to integrate Yahoo, if its
    proposal wins? The plan right now is one more about how the two…
  • MSFT + YHOO:
    What Would Microsoft Yahoo Look Like?

    So the conference call has happened, and despite saying it has a plan to
    digest Yahoo, Microsoft didn’t share that with the world. Indeed, at one point
    it was said any plan depended on what Yahoo’s leadership would suggest. That
    means it’s time for What If. Some thoughts below…
  • Live Blogging
    Microsoft’s Bid For Yahoo Call

    Microsoft conference call on the Yahoo bid is happening now. I’ll live blog
    rough notes. Greg Sterling will do a formal write-up later….
  • Microsoft Call:
    "We Love The Yahoo Brand" [But Can The Deal Happen?]

    Danny and I just got off the Microsoft conference call. He’s already posted
    live notes from the call. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at the outset,
    "This is a decision I’ve thought long and hard about. This is the right path
    for Microsoft and it’s the right path for…
  • Microsoft +
    Yahoo: Recapping Reactions

    Now that we’ve posted our own five different stories on the Microsoft bid for
    Yahoo, I wanted to take a spin across what others are writing up. Below, a
    recap of things I found interesting below. In particular, I’ve tried to focus
    on stuff that’s got original observations or…
  • Two Approaches
    to Determining Intent: The Wisdom of Crowds and Personal Values

    I’ve said a number of times that the holy grail of search is to disambiguate
    intent. A two or three word query, given the complexity of the English
    language, is just not enough to confidently provide results that will always
    be relevant and useful. But up to now, it’s…
  • "Open Network"
    A Reality, C Block Of 700MHz Spectrum Hits $4.6 Billion "Reserve Price"

    Yesterday the coveted "C Block" of the 700MHz spectrum, which will serve the
    entire US market, hit the FCC required minimum "reserve bid" of $4.6 billion.
    Google had promised to bid this amount to trigger the "openness provisions"
    imposed by the FCC. Effectively the rules now require that "any legal…
  • Google Revenues
    Up 51 Percent, Social Networking Monetization "Disappointing"

    Google posted Q4, 2007 revenues that represented 51 percent growth vs. 2006.
    Quarterly revenues were $4.83 billion, compared with $3.21 billion a year ago.
    However, earnings and revenue per share fell short of analyst consensus
    estimates. The headline that everyone is repeating is that social network
    monetization is not performing…
  • Mine The Web’s
    Socially-Tagged Links: Google Social Graph API Launched

    Did you know there’s a way to tag links on pages to indicate social
    connections? I’d heard about this vaguely, but you can bet there’s going to be
    much more public awareness and potential use, thanks to Google launching its
    new Google Social Graph API. Now available, the API…

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Danny Sullivan
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Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land and MarTech, and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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