Yahoo is buying Overture for $1.63 Billion - GoFuckYourself.com

BRISK · 07-14-2003, 06:44 AM

http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteC...VERTURE+SVC S

Kapitan Ivanov · 07-14-2003, 06:51 AM

Thankyou!

that's interesting news... hmm. This is what I projected yonks ago, when Yahoo introduced Google results to their search... now the full deck is being played..

jact · 07-14-2003, 06:52 AM

Anyone else think this is possibly a typo?

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The companies said in a statement Overture would receive 0.6108 shares of Yahoo stock and $4.75 in cash.

BRISK · 07-14-2003, 06:53 AM

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Originally posted by Kapitan Ivanov
Thankyou!

that's interesting news... hmm. This is what I projected yonks ago, when Yahoo introduced Google results to their search... now the full deck is being played..

The shift in traffic should be interesting.

funkmaster · 07-14-2003, 06:56 AM

check my sig and make mucho monetas !!

Kapitan Ivanov · 07-14-2003, 06:58 AM

It still won't make anyone search with Yahoo.

BRISK · 07-14-2003, 07:04 AM

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Originally posted by Kapitan Ivanov
It still won't make anyone search with Yahoo.

huh? millions of people search with Yahoo

liquidmoe · 07-14-2003, 07:06 AM

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Originally posted by BRISK

huh? millions of people search with Yahoo

People who dont know any better.

Kapitan Ivanov · 07-14-2003, 07:06 AM

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Originally posted by BRISK

huh? millions of people search with Yahoo

You mean per year?

jact · 07-14-2003, 07:07 AM

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Originally posted by BRISK

huh? millions of people search with Yahoo

I used to use Yahoo exclusively, then discovered Google and haven't gone back.

BRISK · 07-14-2003, 07:08 AM

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Originally posted by Kapitan Ivanov

You mean per year?

You must be joking

stocktrader23 · 07-14-2003, 07:08 AM

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Originally posted by Kapitan Ivanov

You mean per year?

tons of people still surf yahoo. they have tens of millions of users.

BRISK · 07-14-2003, 07:13 AM

Google reached 37.3 million people in the United States in the month of December. Yahoo Search follows with 36.5 million visitors, and MSN Search is third with 34.3 million

xxweekxx · 07-14-2003, 07:14 AM

Yahoo is #1 Most visited site in the world

BRISK · 07-14-2003, 07:16 AM

http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/ne...section=dat_gi

Brujah · 07-14-2003, 07:19 AM

This is more than just Yahoo, there are a lot of other nice packages as part of this deal.

Could be Yahoo, The Google Slayer.

xxweekxx · 07-14-2003, 07:19 AM

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Originally posted by BRISK
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/ne...section=dat_gi

if i owned yahoo, i would make http://adult.yahoo.com or some shit and put a big link to it on my main page. I would have people put their credit card and confirm they are 18+

Then i'll have all niches, anal, etc ( maybe 50 sites total all mine )

Then the users can sign up to them..

Imagine.. hehe

Yahoo's users are loyal. I imagine they would get thousands of signups a day if they set something like that up..

I mean if yahoo could get a hosting company and charge like $1/GB+ and still get tons of users, they can get porn sites and charge $49.99/month.

Extra millions per month wouldnt hurt.

BRISK · 07-14-2003, 07:27 AM

Overture stock has doubled in the last 3 months and is up 12% today alone after this announcement

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=OVER&d=t

Brujah · 07-14-2003, 07:29 AM

Overture had major deals with MSN, that it just expanded into international markets.

Overture recently got Frank Biondi.. served as CEO of Coke, Viacom, Seagram, HBO, etc.

Overture owned Altavista, and it's largest multimedia index.

Overture owned FAST ( All The Web ).

gothweb · 07-14-2003, 07:33 AM

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Originally posted by jact
Anyone else think this is possibly a typo?

I think that's per share.

Blacknut · 07-14-2003, 07:38 AM

I'll sell my virgin asshole for $1.83 billion.

sounds like a deal to me

SYNIKAL · 07-14-2003, 07:43 AM

google will still 0wn em

Chris E · 07-14-2003, 08:35 AM

Interesting...

BRISK · 07-14-2003, 09:21 AM

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Originally posted by SYNIKAL
google will still 0wn em

Yup, Google results are still way better than Overture.

mailman · 07-14-2003, 09:22 AM

i have used Yahoo like once..... then i foundGoogle and never looked back!...

teenjump · 07-14-2003, 10:13 AM

EVERYONE used Yahoo like 5-6 years ago.
Then it was Altavista (I was loyal till they started to suck 3 years ago)
Then google.

No other compares.

web4x · 07-14-2003, 10:14 AM

TEOMA

docjohnson · 07-14-2003, 10:16 AM

Yahoo has been positioning itself to break away from google for a while now. I can't wait, google needs some decent competition. 2004 Should be an interesting year with an independent yahoo and MSN search. And of course MSN is going to install a standard default toolbar inside internet explorer that is curiously similiar to the google toolbar and grabs its querys from the MSN database. Codename longhorn.

MS Story:

http://news.com.com/2009-1032_3-1020...g=fd_lede1_hed

I especially like this quote:

Neither Google nor Microsoft made executives available for this report. However, in a recent interview with The Seattle Times, Microsoft executive Jim Allchin said condescendingly: "Google's a very nice system, but compared to my vision, it's pathetic."

BRISK · 07-14-2003, 10:24 AM

It's all about search results quality. Google is the best. It gets you what you want. Overture doesn't. MSN might have something to compete with Google by 2005 if Microsoft spends enough money on developing good search algos

Giorgio_Xo · 07-14-2003, 11:01 AM

I hope this means Yahoo will accept 'adult' search terms now.

Brown Bear · 07-14-2003, 12:01 PM

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Originally posted by Giorgio_Xo
I hope this means Yahoo will accept 'adult' search terms now.

Pornwolf · 07-14-2003, 12:40 PM

When looking at the graphs I see something that might become important in the next 6 months. Google is about to get killed. Yeah, I said it. Google is about to get killed.

They come in # 4 at 82,886,858 searches. That's roughly 66% of Yahoo's total searches. Google is still a relative unknown to the internet layman which is 90% of the people on the net. I'm willing to bet most of those searches are from providing results for other larger engines. Once those other engines start providing their own search results, as they are all trying to do, you will see Google either change into a Yahoo model or die. Also watch MSN. When they finally switch over to their own spiders they will automatically be as large as Google by themselves.

What's most interesting in the graph is the Time Per Person figures on the first three and E-Bay. It leads me to believe there are much more profitable things to focus on than the constant positioning for Google spots which is time consuming.

docjohnson · 07-14-2003, 02:40 PM

They were just discussing Yahoo's purchase of Overture on FOXNEWS. Overture was up over 10 points today with the news.

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BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Overture stock has doubled in the last 3 months and is up 12% today alone after this announcement http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=OVER&d=t __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

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Brujah Beer Money Baron Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: brujah / gmail Posts: 22,157	Overture had major deals with MSN, that it just expanded into international markets. Overture recently got Frank Biondi.. served as CEO of Coke, Viacom, Seagram, HBO, etc. Overture owned Altavista, and it's largest multimedia index. Overture owned FAST ( All The Web ). __________________ Free Premium Domain Lists and Tools at Clickmojo.com For Sale: Obscenity.com

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