Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Search Offer

mytrip writes to mention a Financial Times article detailing Microsoft's apparent interest in Yahoo!, and Yahoo!'s rude reaction to their interest. From the article: "The fight is on between the three internet search titans, after Yahoo's Terry Semel laid down the gauntlet to Microsoft saying the software giant's recently elevated ambitions in the search arena were a lost cause. 'My impartial advice to Microsoft is that you have no chance. The search business has been formed,' he said in an interview with the New Yorker's Ken Auletta."

Comments

Re:That quote brings to mind the phrase....

[muyuubyou]

Microsoft just shuts them down:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTI CLE_ID=48199

Re:Homepage

[The Mysterious X]

Why is that a problem, since the default page is already msn.com, which has a MS Search right at the top of the page?

Should be even less of an issue, as the default firefox homepage is google.com

Should you not also have added to your comment "Firefox 1, yahoo -screwed-"?

Re:My humble advise to Yahoo! and Google

[CaymanIslandCarpedie]

You'll look long and hard for a slow-loading Google page. I suppose you could bloat your own. You won't find even PNGs, let alone blinking banners or flash.

Check out these if you haven't for awhile MSN and Yahoo. I don't think you'll see anything like your talking about.

I certainly love Google and thier practices, but I was just speaking about search technology and how they are basically identical (see my post to reply just before yours).

BTW, don't talk about Google Earth like that, your just asking for people to tell you all about how Microsoft released TerraServer to do the same thing (yes without the Web2.0 yumminess) almost a decade before Google even existed ;-)