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Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

zevallos — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:58:53 -0000

Well... I think Yahoo lost it's mind... because they will give up their profit to Google? Like this? I don't know...

Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

JoeDuck — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:00:52 -0000

To Jerry Yang and the board's dubious credit they are among the biggest losers in terms of diminished stock value, making their chain of decisions even more difficult to comprehend. When exactly are they expecting the stock to hit $34 again based on current plans and projections? I think I'd argue that the Google deal essentially proves that Icahn was right about self destructive behavior. Yahoo either should sell to MS or clearly demonstrate they have great plans and prospects for the future. The Google deal flies in the face of both options.

Can I borrow some marshmallows? This Yhoo stock has got to be good for something...

Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

mathewi — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:34:07 -0000

Indeed. Nothing like a giant bonfire of investors' money to keep Jerry
Yang and the Yahoo board warm at night :-)

Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

JoeDuck — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:27:55 -0000

Not desparation, but the smell of huge, flaming stacks of shareholder cash. $34 (MS offer) - $23 (approx price) x 1.38 billion shares = $15 billion dollar fire sale.... with Google picking up the bargains.

Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

mathewi — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:06:06 -0000

Thanks, Seamus.

Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

Seamus McCauley — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:53:45 -0000

Your title is the best summary of the Yahoogle deal on the web. Good call!

Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

mathewi — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:01:49 -0000

Thanks, Mark. I appreciate you taking the time to come and comment -- that means a lot. And thanks for reading too :-)

Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

Mark — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:13:48 -0000

I personally took the time to come over from my RSS reader to say how much I love the line "If you smell anything wafting from Yahoo’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, it could be the rising stench of desperation".

As an added bonus I also enjoyed "obviously designed to placate the U.S. government that it might as well start out with the words “Dear Anti-Trust Investigators".

One of the best tech commentaries I've read in weeks.

Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

mathewi — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:23:05 -0000

Thanks, Allen :-)

Re: Yahoo opens Google AdSense account

centernetworks — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:19:08 -0000

nice title dude