The Association of National Advertisers, that represents large consumers advertisers group such as Procter & Gamble, General Motors, Apple and others opposes Google-Yahoo tie up. On Sunday The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter objecting to the proposed Internet search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc and Google Inc to government regulators reviewing the deal. In the letter noted that - "Google-Yahoo partnership will control 90 percent of search advertising inventory and states ANA’s concerns that the partnership will likely diminish competition, increase concentration of market power, limit choices currently available and potentially raise prices to advertisers for high quality, affordable search advertising".
So the Google Spokeperson replied
Remains steadfast in its belief that this deal, in which prices are determined by advertiser demand-driven auctions, not by collaboration between Yahoo and Google will strengthen Yahoo’s competitive position and will help to drive a more robust, higher quality & marketplace for our advertisers.
Adam Kovacevich said
"Numerous advertisers have recognized that this agreement will help them better match their ads to users’ interests, and that ad prices will continue to be set by competitive auction. While some have raised questions about the agreements’ potential impact on ad prices, advertisers care far more about getting a good return on their advertising dollar than they do about buying cheap ads that don’t bring in customers, and this agreement will clearly help advertisers reach Yahoo users more efficiently".
But do advertisers really have a logical case for saying Yahoo shouldn’t be allowed to do a deal to make more money on its search operation? Especially when it had a deal with Google several years ago? And spent years developing a system that apparently still doesn’t match Google in ad relevance?
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At Intel’s Developer Forum (19-21 August 2008), Intel and Yahoo preview Widget Channel. Widget channel is a application framework that is optimized for devices running on Intel’s hardware platform. Widget channel will allows television users to enjoy rich Internet application while watching their favorite television program. Widget channel will be powered by Yahoo Widget Engine. Widget Channel is fifth generation application framework from Yahoo. The Yahoo! Widget Engine development environment takes advantage of industry standard tools, including JAVASCRIPT, XML, HTML and Flash.
Eric Kim, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the company’s Digital Home Group Said
TV will fundamentally change how we talk about, imagine and experience the Internet. No longer just a passive experience unless the viewer wants it that way, Intel and Yahoo! are proposing a way where the TV and Internet are as interactive, and seamless, as possible. Our close work has produced an exciting application framework upon which the industry can collaborate, innovate and differentiate. This effort is one of what we believe will be many exciting new ways to bring the Internet to the TV, and it really shows the potential of what consumers can look forward to
Marco Boerries, executive vice president, Connected Life, Yahoo! Inc, said
On the PC and mobile devices, Yahoo! is a leading starting point for millions of consumers around the world. Yahoo! aims to extend this leadership to the emerging world of Internet-connected TV, which we call the Cinematic Internet™. By partnering with leaders like Intel, we plan to combine the Internet benefits of open user choice, community, and personalization with the performance and scale embodied in the Intel Architecture to transform traditional TV into something bigger, better and more exciting than ever before. By using the popular Yahoo! Widget Engine to power the Widget Channel, we intend to provide an opportunity for all developers and publishers to create new experiences that can reach millions of TV viewers globally. Yahoo! plans to enable the Cinematic Internet™ ecosystem, which will benefit consumers, device makers, advertisers and publishers.
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Google websites gets 1 Billion search queries in the month of June according to comscore press release. Google Sites ranked as the top search property in India with more than 1 billion searches conducted in June, representing 81 percent of the market. Yahoo! Sites ranked second with 9.4 percent, followed by Ask Network (1.9 percent) and Microsoft Sites (1.7 percent). Indian Internet portal Rediff.com ranked fifth with 1.5 percent.
The Indian search market is dominated by global Internet brands, with Google attracting the wide majority of searches. As the top local player in the search market, Indian web portal Rediff.com attracts slightly less than 2 percent of all searches, indicating that there is substantial room for growth among the local Internet brands.
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Yahoo Inc. would consider a business alliance with Google Inc. as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo’s strategy said on Sunday.Yahoo management is considering revisiting talks it held with Google several months ago on an alliance as an alternative to Microsoft’s bid, that source said. At $31 a share, Yahoo believes the bid undervalues the company, two sources said.
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