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Yahoo and Microsoft Finally Tie the Knot

July 29th, 2009 by

After years of talking and protracted negotiations, Yahoo and Microsoft have finally agreed an Internet search deal. The full details of the deal are yet to be released but the basics are; Microsoft's search engine (Bing) will power Yahoo search…

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Yahoo Search Traffic falls 50%

July 25th, 2008 by

May search stats revealed a shocking shift in the UK search habits. Yahoo, the long struggling giant of Paid Search Marketing and Pay Per Click, lost over 50% of their search share on the previous month.
Yahoo, often regarded as…

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Icahn the bad boy? Turmoil at Yahoo!

July 18th, 2008 by

There is great press coverage this month about Yahoo being bought by Google, MSN or even Time Warner's AOL….but the whole saga is turning into a soap opera. As a search and PPC fanatic, this is a very sad situation.…

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Yahoo dodge the bullet

June 16th, 2008 by

There haven't been many bigger stories in search marketing than Yahoo & Microsoft's potential get-together and it is set to continue on to soap opera proportions.
In the previous episodes Yahoo the falling giant of pay per click (PPC), receives…

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Are Yahoo and MSN to Merge?

June 11th, 2008 by

In one of his article (Icahn moves to replace Yahoo board, restart Microsoft talks) Rob Lever is discussing an issue of Carl Icahn's efforts to reopen merger talks between Yahoo and Microsoft.
Is this merge going to be beneficial to…

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Yahoo take on PPC Click Fraud

April 25th, 2008 by

Yahoo have introduced a new reporting feature in the Panama pay per click (PPC) interface. Under the heading of “Traffic Quality Reports”, the new Report is called “Click Filter”.
The stats displayed in the report relate to the volume of…

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Yahoo races into the 21st Century with Negative keywords

April 21st, 2008 by

One of the most important areas in building a pay per click campaign is often neglected by many people. It can really cut down on irrelevant traffic that you're receiving and for those on a limited budget it can really…

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Yahoo update their negative keyword policy – finally!

April 16th, 2008 by

One of the most important areas in building a pay per click campaign is often neglected by many people. It can really cut down on irrelevant traffic that you're receiving and for those on a limited budget it can really…

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MSN Bid Fails – Look out For Yahoo Plan B

February 29th, 2008 by

Last Monday Yahoo officially rejected Microsoft's bid at $31 per share. Sources claim the bid undervalued the company and it's assets and that a bid of at least $40 per share would be a more realistic offer but not necessarily…

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Yahoo! Or not to Yahoo!

February 28th, 2008 by

We are all well aware of the news and rumours surrounding Yahoo, news of the rejection of Microsoft's bid was expected as Yahoo look for a more money per share. In a letter outlining why it had spurned the offer,…

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10 Very Minor Grumbles About Yahoo! & MSN

January 10th, 2008 by

If I was God, here are 10 slightly annoying, time-consuming things I would change about Yahoo! and MSN right away:
1. On Yahoo!, there is no way to find out the average position of your ads at an ad group…

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Yahoo is late again!?

October 19th, 2007 by

Everyone is aware that Yahoo are second to Google in most respects; volume of search, volume of conversions, and second again for response times. You may think that this is a sly dig at the one time prevalent engine, but…

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