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Google to bid for Yahoo

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    #2
    Popeleo
    Registered Users Posts: 422 ✭✭Popeleo


    It's not that big - the Pfizer deal that fell through this week would have been 5 times bigger.

    And if you take away the one successful part of their company - Yahoo Japan - and the 15% of Alibaba they own, then the rest of the company is worth next to nothing.


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    #3
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,267 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    GooHoo!


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    #4
    _Tombstone_
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    Ex Google employee comes in, ruins place over a few years, Google swoops in for the carcass.


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    #5
    marienbad
    Registered Users Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭marienbad


    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    Ex Google employee comes in, ruins place over a few years, Google swoops in for the carcass.



    I think it was ruined before she got there , but hey let's not let the facts get in the way .


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    #6
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 38,151 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    I'd prob outbid google and buy yahoo and then sell it to google for a profit


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    #7
    GAAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    Iirc yahoo had the option to buy Google for $1m years ago and didn't

    Sickner :pac:


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    MEGA BRO WOLF 5000
    Registered Users Posts: 17,438 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    Who actually uses Yahoo in 2016?...Apart from anyone still using a windows 95 machine and dial up?


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    #9
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    Does this mean we can make our own websites on geocities again?


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    #10
    Ghost Train
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    The Hunky Monster wrote: »
    Who actually uses Yahoo in 2016?...Apart from anyone still using a windows 95 machine and dial up?

    Well they have Flickr and tumbler, yahoo new and finance is handy sometimes.

    I use yahoomail for one of my email addresses because it existed before gmail, I'd say they have a lot of users using their services... not sure if they make much money per user.


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    #11
    Niemoj
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Niemoj


    I use Tumblr for some good 'ol NSFW content.


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    #12
    Chain Smoker
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    Tumblr is actually still a huge website, if google have some kind of idea for how to make use of that, (I believe Yahoo currently have it marked down as worthless due to their inability to monetise it) that alone could make a deal worthwhile.
    I could see google trying to turn Yahoo's more media-ish parts into some kind of Google-affiliated media service without having to put the google name on it (something seems weird about the idea of "Google News" not being an aggregator, but they could find ways to lead you towards yahoo)

    It does sound like the kind of thing where the mess of dealing with it could just wind up dragging down other parts of the company though.
    marienbad wrote: »
    I think it was ruined before she got there , but hey let's not let the facts get in the way .
    She could've been a good hire 2-3 years earlier, it's hard to say, she definitely didn't do a good job but Yahoo's complete inability to do anything on mobile by 2012 was very much the end of them. really, they had plenty of tools to get something solid off the ground.


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    Neon_Lights
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    What happens to yahoo finance when Google buy yahoo, because google finance leaves a little to be desired


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    _Brian
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    The Hunky Monster wrote: »
    Who actually uses Yahoo in 2016?...Apart from anyone still using a windows 95 machine and dial up?

    I was in China recently and Google is banned, used Yahoo a few times and it was an awful experience. It's like they haven't updated the search capability since 1995


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    [Deleted User]
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    Why is Google banned in China? But not Yahoo ..


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    #16
    Loughc
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    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    Ex Google employee comes in, ruins place over a few years, Google swoops in for the carcass.

    Actually Yahoo showed growth for the first two years after she took over, share prices improved as well as she instilled much confidence in the shareholders.


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    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,262 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    The Hunky Monster wrote: »
    Who actually uses Yahoo in 2016?...Apart from anyone still using a windows 95 machine and dial up?

    Me, I've a Yahoo Mail account from about 1998 that's still my main email address


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    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,309 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Does Yahoo own Eurosport or just the website?


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    Xaracatz
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    Birneybau wrote: »
    GooHoo!

    Yahoogle.


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    Keplar240B
    Registered Users Posts: 883 ✭✭✭Keplar240B


    The Hunky Monster wrote: »
    Who actually uses Yahoo in 2016?...Apart from anyone still using a windows 95 machine and dial up?

    I use Flickr for the photos, you have to set up a yahoo account to get it.


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    osarusan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Birneybau wrote: »
    GooHoo!
    Xaracatz wrote: »
    Yahoogle.

    This is what AH should always be.


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    #22
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users Posts: 3,918 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Does Yahoo own Eurosport or just the website?

    Discovery Channel owns Eurosport. I think.


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    #23
    [Deleted User]
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    Xaracatz wrote: »
    Yahoogle.

    YAHOOOOOOOgle actually has a good ring to it!


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    #24
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Deleted User wrote: »
    YAHOOOOOOOgle actually has a good ring to it!
    that's the noise a yodler makes when they start to choke mid yodle.


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    #25
    [Deleted User]
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    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    that's the noise a yodler makes when they start to choke mid yodle.

    Ha. Brilliant.

    Or when someone else throttles them mid-yodle.


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    #26
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    YaWho?


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    #27
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    Google are only taking an interest because Verizon are interested.


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    #28
    Riddle101
    Registered Users Posts: 8,397 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    The Hunky Monster wrote: »
    Who actually uses Yahoo in 2016?...Apart from anyone still using a windows 95 machine and dial up?

    I do, I use Google Chrome as my main internet browser, and Google as my search engine. Never had any problems with it.


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    #29
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,889 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Yahoogle


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    #30
    5rtytry56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    Gooyah ....pronounced like yeehah


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    Ex Google employee comes in, ruins place over a few years, Google swoops in for the carcass.
    Or look at Ex Microsoft employee in Nokia.


    anyway , Yahoo isn't what they are bidding for. It's assets are far more valuable than the core business.
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysomaney/2016/03/06/yahoo-is-under-valued-even-if-core-yahoo-is-worth-zero

    Yahoo is valued at about $32Bn mainly because Yahoo owns 15% of Alibaba


    BTW: at the start of last year the Alibaba shares Yahoo owned were worth $42Bn. So they missed out on a chance to do a Bebo


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