Google and AOL refresh and extend their search deal to cover mobile search and video for the next five years. Google beat Bing, Yahoo and others for AOL’s hand. – Google and AOL Sept. 2 inked a fresh five-year
deal in which Google will power the search results on AOL’s
Websites accessed from computers and mobile devices.
Financial terms were not disclosed for the global deal, which includes a
revenue-sharing arrangement per each search. Some analysts bel…
The Google Book Search deal violates international laws and treaties and could force the United States to pay penalties to countries under rules overseen by the World Trade Organization, claims the Open Book Alliance. The OBA, which includes Amazon.com, Microsoft and Yahoo, turns to experts in intellectual property and copyright law to argue its case. A Google spokesperson says while the company has not fully reviewed the OBA’s document, it is confident the settlement between Google, authors and publishers is compliant with U.S. and international copyright laws.
– Google May 10 denied allegations that its Google Book Search deal violates
international laws and treaties that could cause the United
States to pay penalties to countries under
rules overseen by the World Trade Organization.
Google in October 2008 inked the $125 million Google Book Search deal …
Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumored Internet search deal that will help the two companies take on their biggest rival, Google.
Denny Chin, judge for the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York, declined to rule on the Google Book Search deal Feb. 18, saying that he would instead write an opinion on the deal. While Chin gave no timeline for presenting his opinion, opponents such as Amazon and Microsoft and supporters such as Sony held forth on the matter. Google Book Search, which has been vociferously opposed by Google rivals Microsoft and Amazon as well as the Department of Justice, remains in limbo.
– A judge declined to rule on the proposed pact between Google and authors and
publishers that would allow the search engine to scan out-of-print works on the
Web and sell them to users.
Denny Chin, judge for the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of
New York, said at a hearing for the G…
The European Commission is expected to approve Microsoft and Yahoo’s landmark, 10-year search deal designed to put a stop to Google’s search dominance. Reuters said the European Commission, which oversees matters of corporate competition for the European Union, is expected to bless the deal. The EC gave itself a Feb. 19 deadline to approve or halt the deal. Microsoft and Yahoo’s combined search share would be 28 percent, still less than half of Google’s 65.4 percent, according to the comScore figures for January 2010. Without Yahoo, Bing would take much longer to challenge Google.
– The European Commission is expected to approve Microsoft and Yahoo’s
landmark, 10-year search deal designed to put a stop to Google’s search
dominance, according to Reuters.
Any opposition to Microsoft and Yahoo’s search agreement may have to come
from the United States.
Microsoft and Yaho…
Microsoft and Yahoo have delayed signing their blockbuster search deal to finalize the details, Yahoo said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Oct. 28. Financial analysts did not hit the panic button on the news, as the companies don’t expect the deal to be consummated until 2010, pending regulatory approvals from the Justice Department. Yahoo also hosted a financial analyst day Oct. 28 for the first time since 2007 and analysts who attended concluded the company is still on recovery road: Microsoft is coming to the rescue with the pending search deal.
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Microsoft and Yahoo have delayed signing their
blockbuster search deal to finalize the details, Yahoo said in a filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission Oct. 28.
The search engine rivals July 29 inked a 10-year deal in which Microsoft’s Bing search engine would power
Yaho…
Microsoft filed a Sept. 8 brief, objecting to the increasingly contested Google Book Search deal. The brief, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues that Googles attempt to digitize books would be an anti-competitive violation that would harm Microsoft not only as a publisher, but also its new search engine, Bing. Microsoft, Yahoo and other companies have joined the Open Book Alliance in asking the Department of Justice to examine Googles deal.
– Microsoft filed a brief on Sept. 8 objecting to the controversial Google Book Search deal,
arguing that Googles settlement with authors and publishers has the potential
to violate antitrust laws.
quot;The proposed settlementÂ…confers on Google a new monopoly by
authorizing Google (and Googl…
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Yahoo will be able to quit its internet search deal with Microsoft if it fails to meet certain market share and revenue targets.
Yahoo can abandon the deal if Microsoft does not produce advertising revenue per search within a certain – undisclosed – percentage of Google’s.
It can also walk away if the share of search queries falls below a certain percentage of the market.
Fresh details of the deal emerged in a regulatory filing late on Tuesday.
Microsoft will pay Yahoo $50m a year for the first three years of the deal to cover unforeseen transition costs.
Yahoo can keep 88% of the net revenues from advertisements placed on its pages for five years and between 83% and 93% of the revenue for the remaining five years.
Microsoft will hire about 400 workers from Yahoo.
Yahoo has been struggling to make profits in recent years. Last year, it rebuffed several takeover bids from Microsoft in an attempt to go it alone.
The deal, announced last month, is designed to help the two companies take on Google, its chief rival, which has a market share of about 65%.
Under the deal, Microsoft’s Bing search engine will power the Yahoo website and Yahoo will in turn become the advertising sales team for Microsoft’s online offering.
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The Center for Digital Democracy and Consumer Watchdog urge the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to look closely to make sure the at the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo search deal does not violate antitrust laws or citizens’ privacy rights. Fearing too much meddling from antitrust regulators, The Competitive Enterprise Institute calls for the DOJ and FTC to bless the deal. One reader argues that Yahoo shareholders will turn tail and run from Microsoft.
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If Microsoft and Yahoo are to consummate their search and
search ad agreement by early 2010 to start chipping away at market leader
Google’s 65 percent market share, they are going to have to run through quite
the gauntlet of opposition.
Google hasn’t said much about the July 29 ag…
Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google.
Microsoft’s search engine will power the Yahoo website and Yahoo will in turn become the advertising sales team for Microsoft’s online offering.
Yahoo has been struggling to make profits in recent years.
But it rebuffed several takeover bids from Microsoft in an attempt to go it alone.
"This agreement comes with boatloads of value for Yahoo, our users, and the industry. And I believe it establishes the foundation for a new era of internet innovation and development," said Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz.
The deal became possible after Yahoo’s co-founder Jerry Yang stepped down as chief executive of the company.
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Microsoft is still after Yahoo’s search, but is it the right move for the company? Google is challenging Microsoft on multiple fronts, including Microsoft’s core operating system and application suite businesses. Microsoft must not dismiss Google Chrome OS as a minor challenge and respond to Google Apps as a long-term competitive threat.
– Yahoo investor, Carl Icahn, who owns five percent of the online firm, said in a recent interview that he still supports a search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo. Icahn believes that by engaging in such a deal, Yahoo could save some cash and become more solvent. At the same time, Microsoft could enj…
Microsoft is still after Yahoo’s search, but is it the right move for the company? Google is challenging Microsoft on multiple fronts, including Microsoft’s core operating system and application suite businesses. Microsoft must not dismiss Google Chrome OS as a minor challenge and respond to Google Apps as a long-term competitive threat.
– Yahoo investor, Carl Icahn, who owns five percent of the online firm, said in a recent interview that he still supports a search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo. Icahn believes that by engaging in such a deal, Yahoo could save some cash and become more solvent. At the same time, Microsoft could enj…
