Posts Tagged with ‘Yahoo!’

Sure, Yahoo-Google advertising deal to put Google ads right in search results pages on Yahoo Search has been one of the most discussed topics lately. Anti-trust authorities both in the US and Europe are investigating the deal to determine if it will damage competitive environment both in the online advertising industry (where two ad networks will start to cooperate instead of competing) and in search since for Yahoo it will be more and more difficult to compete with its own [...]

It is no surprise that companies care about their public images and how people feel about their products. Quite understandably, if a company has some notable achievements to be proud of, it will brag about them - in press releases, in interviews and everywhere people will be willing to listen. But recently I have bumped into an example of such bragging that made me laugh for a few minutes about the “fun facts” that Yahoo uses to make everyone believe [...]

Only last week Yahoo executives told journalists that we should expect significant changes on a number of Yahoo properties to make various Yahoo sites more open and give place to third-party content via widgets. Changes were promised to be in place until the end of the year but we are already seeing the first changes arriving this week.
The most important news yesterday was the limited beta testing of the revamped Yahoo homepage where users will be offered customization options and [...]

There is a growing fear of what we should expect for online industry now that the entire world economy is facing a recession. The major concern is that real-world companies will spend less on advertising, thus online businesses will face revenues falling since the majority of web companies rely heavily on advertising. But even if we should probably expect cut in advertising expenses everywhere, there is one company that is positive it will do well even in a recession - [...]

Back in June Google and Yahoo announced an advertising deal that was supposed to help Yahoo resist Microsoft takeover by adding a very substantial revenue stream. The idea is to display Google ads on the search results pages in Yahoo. It is obvious that while Yahoo is supposed to receive a revenue boost, Google is supposed to further strengthen its monopoly in search advertising.
It is exactly this monopoly that has been so controversial about the deal and the reason for [...]

Today in Yahoo’s headquarters the management of the company has presented to journalists their plan to revamp some of Yahoo properties with a focus on adding third-party content. The idea is that such content will make Yahoo more of a destination to users and will improve the situation where visitors use Yahoo as a springboard to jump to other sites in virtually no time.
The sites to experience the redesign include Yahoo homepage, Search page, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Music, and Yahoo [...]

Today Yahoo! and AT&T announce that from now on Yahoo’s oneSearch will power search queries on AT&T mobile portal MEdia Net by default. This move is absolutely logical since the two companies announced strategic alliance earlier this year.
Right now Yahoo! has over 60 partnerships with mobile carriers in various countries around the globe but today’s announcement makes AT&T the first US carrier to integrate Yahoo! Search right into their mobile portal for subscribers to use as the default one.
Today’s announcement [...]

I am sure that I will not exaggerate if I say every internet user is more than tired of getting constant notifications of winning a few thousand dollars or even a nice million in an email lottery. I remember first time I received such a notification myself (stating that I won 200 thousand dollars in Yahoo! Mail lottery) - my heart jumped and I started fantasizing about how exactly I could invest this money not to have to continue with [...]

Now we hear the news that Yahoo Mash will be closed some time today. It has been announced by Yahoo! in an email all the users of the social network have received. In the email Yahoo! Team thanks everyone for participating in the beta test of the social network and invites to copy all the content we may want to keep to a separate document. I don’t have any content over there anyway and I don’t really think many users [...]