Microsoft to buy Yahoo!?!
In more Yahoo! news of the day, Microsoft is said to be in talks to merge/purchase Yahoo! for around $50 billion; yes that is billion with a B. Yahoo is estimated to be worth $40 billion currently, with Microsoft at $280 billion. Microsoft and Yahoo’s largest competitor, Google, currently owns 65% of the search market, and if the Microsoft and Yahoo combined they would have a hold on around 27%. Recently Google purchased DoubleClick, stepping up their ad presence, and the pressure could be getting to Microsoft to step up their game. Around a year ago, Microsoft was in talks with Yahoo, and it looks like they’ve asked them back to the table. What would this mean for the internet as a whole? It’s no secret that Google is winning the battle online, but even with the power of Yahoo, can Microsoft hope to make any significant dent to Google’s success?
UPDATE: Early reports are stating that this in fact, once again, is highly unlikely. All recent talks on both sides have either stopped, or never took place at all.
No way Microsoft can regain their presence back. Their bad reputation for hard-core computer users is unrecoverable, and newb users will continue to use what they’ve always used. There’s no way Microsoft can touch Google.
I’m kinda Sprung On Microsoft but this would be taking it a little too far I think.