Microsoft and Yahoo Combine Forces to Stop Google
| Manoj Jasra - Friday, February 01, 2008 3 Comments |
I know everyone and their dog is covering the Microsoft and Yahoo story right now but this could be the biggest story since the AOL and Time Warner merger. Every major/minor news portal and blog are reporting that Microsoft has offered Yahoo $44.6 Billion to acquire Yahoo.Combining the 2 entities could give them a combined search market share of over 30% and not to mention the largest share of any website property in the world. Below are the news items you need to check out regarding Microsoft and Yahoo:
- CNN: 4th UPDATE: Microsoft Offers To Buy Yahoo For $44.6 Billion
- New York Times: Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo
- Market Watch: Microsoft offers $31-share, $44.6 billion, for Yahoo
- Associated Press: Stocks Rise on Microsoft Bid for Yahoo
- Computer World: Microsoft-Yahoo deal: The only way to save Microsoft Live
- Search Engine Land: MSFT + YHOO: What Would Microsoft Yahoo Look Like?
- Techcrunch: WOW. Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo
- Engadget: Microsoft offers $44.6 Billion for Yahoo
- Marketing Pilgrim: Microsoft Pownces on Yahoo’s Weak Q4, Makes $44.6B Offer
- SEOBook: What a Microsoft Acquisition of Yahoo Means to Webmasters & Web Publishing Business Models
"I am writing on behalf of the Board of Directors of Microsoft to make a proposal for a business combination of Microsoft and Yahoo!. Under our proposal, Microsoft would acquire all of the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 based on Microsoft’s closing share price on January 31, 2008, payable in the form of $31 in cash or 0.9509 of a share of Microsoft common stock. Microsoft would provide each Yahoo! shareholder with the ability to choose whether to receive the consideration in cash or Microsoft common stock, subject to pro-ration so that in the aggregate one-half of the Yahoo! common shares will be exchanged for shares of Microsoft common stock and one-half of the Yahoo! common shares will be converted into the right to receive cash." Steve Balmer to Yahoo Board
Yikes! - I saw the logo and nearly spit my coffee all over my keyboard! ("Mahoo" is Hawaiian slang for a homosexual or transvestite)
Here's a Hawaiian Mahoo joke...
Knock Knock. -> Who's dare? -> "Me Mah" -> Me Ma Who? You Mahoo? No ask no tell brah! Keep dem tings to you selves brada.
Hilarious! Do you think I should take it down because it's offensive?
No, I would keep it. In fact I'm going do a blog post about it on my Hawaii SEO blog except I was planning on using the Yahoo! font. (I'll link to you of course)
Thanks!
Dave.