Comments on: Microsoft Buys Yahoo

By: Gary Jones :: BlueFu

Gary Jones :: BlueFu — Sun, 06 May 2007 01:42:15 +0000

duopoly?

There are lots of other search engines like Ask.com.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 05 May 2007 11:41:08 +0000

seems to be the talk, but its just kicking up dust, they've been negotiating for years now

By: Community Building B

Community Building B — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:12:51 +0000

It would definitely be interesting seeing these two strengthen their position against Google, however surely then we will be stuck with a duopoly which can't be in the best interests of consumers?

- Martin Reed

By: Zac Johnson

Zac Johnson — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:44:48 +0000

Still sitting on my Google shares I picked up at $170. Seemed crazy at that time to pay that much per share… not as crazy as $450 a share now! Where to next…

By: Business Twins

Business Twins — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:36:35 +0000

That is just crazy!! I can't imagine what will happen if this happens. I'm wondering what will happen to Google if this happens, how much of the market will be lost.

As of stocks. I remember right when Google was announcing to go public, and shares were around $80-90. I remember as if it were yesterday telling my dad to put all our savings in Google stock, and he said no it's to risky. Look at it now . I was a freshman in High School at the time, so I didn't have any say really on what I or my parents wanted to do. Oh well, I guess you live life to take risks, and if you happen to capitalize on the right risk you'll live to tell about it.

By: Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com

Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:26:45 +0000

If that happens it will be a very long process.

By: Zac Johnson

Zac Johnson — Fri, 04 May 2007 11:39:38 +0000

Same here… yesterday I was looking at how Yahoo had dropped off over the past couple weeks and was looking to pick up some more shares… too late.

By: Dension Ice

Dension Ice — Fri, 04 May 2007 10:53:24 +0000

I'd like to see some sort of merger/takeover to see if they can have a proper battle with google, but not sure if it would really be the best thing for the market to drop down to only 2 major search engines.

Quite a weird coincidence though as only last night I was thinking that investing in yahoo could be a good move as they are likely to gain ground on google or be taken over.

By: Erik Karey

Erik Karey — Fri, 04 May 2007 10:51:51 +0000

I can't even imagine that deal. I wonder what sort of competition they would be for Google even with that deal.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 04 May 2007 10:42:53 +0000

Wow, it's possible that Microsoft could buy Yahoo, heck, anything is possible. I guess it could be a good move for Microsoft since Yahoo is such a popular search engine, etc. I for one am not going to believe any of this until these companies start making public announcements or something.