Microsoft Buy Yahoo? YES PLEASE!

Reputable sources say Microsoft has reopened negotiations with Yahoo to purchase the company or work with it in some way. Last year the same talks were going on but Yahoo’s Terry Semel said his “impartial advice to Microsoft is that you have no chance,” Mr...

Yahoo Releases Robots Tag for Blocking Specific Content

This morning Search Engine Land released details of a “robots-nocontent” tag that has just been adopted by Yahoo. The tag will allow site owners to block portions of a page from searches. This means that blocked content will still be indexed by...

Yahoo Gets into – POKER?

Yahoo has launched a Poker enterprise in the UK. No this is not a joke and believe me I thought it was… I kept wondering if I was transported back to April 1st or something. In fact, everyone I checked this news with was equally as shocked. Personally I think...

Google and Microsoft Neck in Neck

In the world of search, Google has been number one for several years now, but when it comes to overall site traffic, until recently Google was number two. Now that the latest numbers are out, we see Microsoft has dropped into the second spot as Google takes the prize...

Yahoo, Viacom Sign Multi-Year Search Marketing Deal

In a recent paid advertising deal to supply ads for Viacom giants including MTV.com, VH1.com, comedycentral.com, and 30 other web properties. Google has been left in the cold as Yahoo’s Panama platform was chosen. The deal could also expand in the future to include an...