tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36721928188838934212024-02-02T02:21:26.947-08:00Yahoo InsiderI will be posting yahoo insider news daily so keep visiting daily if you are interested in yahoo's affairs. You can also post comments as per your wish :-)The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-56669076621725880972010-02-06T04:04:00.000-08:002010-02-06T04:04:27.945-08:00Fourth manufacturing plant for Hero Honda: Decision this yearFourth manufacturing plant for Hero Honda: Decision this yearThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-76134541008080338942009-04-23T04:37:00.001-07:002009-04-23T04:37:12.269-07:00How to Stuff a Porsche into an Elevator (yes, with pics!)When we first saw and rode in the 2009 Porsche Panamera, a lot of questions came to mind — none of which was whether it would fit into an elevator. But with the Shanghai auto show in full swing, sending a Panamera to the top of the city’s World Financial Center was one of the first orders of business for Porsche’s PR folks.read more | digg storyThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-77002802687210248582009-03-12T02:37:00.001-07:002009-03-12T02:37:03.315-07:00Toyota tops 1 million U.S hybrid salesNot wanting Ford to steal all the hybrid hype of the day, Toyota announced on Wednesday that Toyota and Lexus hybrid sales have topped the 1 million mark in the United States. Toyota and Lexus market a total of six hybrid vehicles in the U.S., including the wildly popular Prius.read more | digg storyThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-26352955645554950692008-05-11T02:11:00.001-07:002008-05-11T02:11:50.185-07:00How To Archive Instant Messages | eHow.comThanks to the practical nature of modern life, a lot of important conversations now happen through Instant Messaging programs, such as Yahoo Messenger, read more | digg storyThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-4964996272306293922008-05-11T02:05:00.001-07:002008-05-11T02:05:06.155-07:00Yahoo Is More Popular Than Google - says Google.Google's own product - 'Google Trends' says that Yahoo is more popular than Google since a long time. Even though the graph of Google has been steadily climbing, it has never beaten Yahoo. Should we or shouldn't we believe you Google?read more | digg storyThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-30181420040283098642008-05-11T02:01:00.000-07:002008-05-11T02:09:27.284-07:00Yahoo Messenger for Vista BetadownloadThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-55258247554361679032008-05-11T01:58:00.000-07:002008-05-11T02:01:11.744-07:00Ford Partners With Yahoo! To Deliver Industry-firstIn an unprecedented move, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited and Yahoo! Canada today unveiled a global and industry-first feature on www.ford.ca.More...The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-32144547982949981922008-05-11T01:57:00.000-07:002008-05-11T01:58:18.700-07:00MySpace to let users to share data with YahooSocial networking site MySpace said Thursday it will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with Web sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others. MySpace aims to save its users keystrokes and allow them to export their photos, videos and lists of friends. "There's this concept that social networks are walled gardens," said Amit Kapur, MySpace's chief operating officer. "We're The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-39872914130779562232008-05-11T01:54:00.000-07:002008-05-11T01:57:33.465-07:00Civic groups urge DOJ probe of possible Google-Yahoo dealAs reported on ComputerWorld. A group of civic leaders is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate any potential deal between Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. The civic groups, comprised of rural organizations, civil rights leaders, technologists, business advocates and concerned citizens, sent a letter to the DOJ today urging it to investigate the proposed alliance, saying it “The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-42010247499066131882008-05-11T01:52:00.001-07:002008-05-11T01:52:37.483-07:00 Week in review: Yahoo, Microhoo's biggest loserAfter Microsoft failed to make a love connection with Yahoo, we got a clearer picture of Yahoo as a company that didn't even want to be in the dating game.read more | digg storyThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-55024307610519114902008-05-11T01:51:00.002-07:002008-05-11T01:54:20.462-07:00Inquisitor Purchased by Yahoo! Last year, Yahoo! Search launched Search Assist to help users find what they're looking for quickly and easily by providing query suggestions and related concepts in real-time. Today, Yahoo! Search is embracing the Mac community and offering similar search assistance features with the acquisition of Inquisitor software, a Safari browser plug-in. Inquisitor 3, a The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-35832603576935462942008-05-11T01:51:00.001-07:002008-05-11T01:51:32.541-07:00Microsoft will now focus on inhouse talent to growMicrosoft Corp. will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc., Chairman Bill Gates said Friday.Microsoft has not presented an alternative strategy to compete with its dominant rival in the Internet business, Google Inc., since withdrawing a $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo Inc. last weekend.The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-4944995898867413402008-05-11T01:49:00.000-07:002008-05-11T01:50:58.160-07:00Glue pages - Yahoo Launched Beta Version in IndiaYahoo has launched Glue Pages Beta in Yahoo India. Glue Pages are specialized pages that contain an enhanced visual search result page, for select search queries. The search results that trigger the special "Glue Pages" run across searches in health, sports, entertainment, travel, technology, and finance categories. The Glue Pages combine classic search results on the left hand column with more The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-87962905737148180102008-05-11T01:48:00.000-07:002008-05-11T01:49:51.060-07:00Google keen on greater Yahoo ties Google has expressed interest in extending an advertising partnership with fellow search engine Yahoo. The comments from Google co-founder Sergey Brin and chief executive Eric Schmidt were made before the firm's annual general meeting on Thursday. Google and Yahoo recently shared advertising for two weeks, but some analysts said the trial was more about stopping a Microsoft bid for Yahoo. The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-87317649100017488382008-04-26T07:10:00.000-07:002008-04-26T07:11:49.652-07:00Earnings Show Microsoft Needs Yahoo During a speech in Milan Apr. 23, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said he's prepared to walk away from the company's takeover offer for Yahoo!, which has rebuffed the advances. Not so fast, Microsoft. Quarterly results reported the following day reinforce why Microsoft (MSFT) could use the growth Yahoo (YHOO) would provide. Microsoft posted an 11% drop in profit and flat sales for the quarter The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-73695312631856677022008-04-26T07:06:00.000-07:002008-04-26T07:09:45.023-07:00CNET announces partnership with Yahoo CNET Networks, News.com's parent company, on Thursday announced a three-year strategic partnership with Yahoo under which CNET will be a third-party content provider of technology news and reviews. The partnership also allows for Yahoo to sell display ads on CNET properties and for CNET to sell ads alongside the content it provides on Yahoo sites. "Working together, we have the The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-76338663847607679442008-04-26T06:49:00.000-07:002008-04-26T07:06:44.749-07:00Yahoo to radically open its platformsYahoo is swinging the doors of its Web platforms wide open to let outside developers create applications across its network of sites, as well as radically stitching together its online services under the social profile concept.<!-- Vibrant Media IntelliTxt Tag --> <!-- Vibrant Media IntelliTxt Tag --><!-- Vibrant Media IntelliTxt Tag --> <!-- Vibrant Media IntelliTxt Tag --> The The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-86161963568391239042008-04-26T06:48:00.000-07:002008-04-26T06:49:44.074-07:00Justice Dept looking at Google/Yahoo deal: sourceThe U.S. Justice Department is investigating possible antitrust implications of Google's two-week test with Yahoo to combine some of their Web search and advertising business, a source informed about the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Google and Yahoo separately told Reuters they had informed the Justice Department about their test before it was launched. In the test, which ends The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-55715921103234660832008-04-26T06:47:00.000-07:002008-04-26T06:48:15.075-07:00Yahoo’s Directors Could Be Close to Deciding on the Final Fate of the Microsoft BidWith a strong earnings statement in its favor, Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO) could be less vulnerable to a buyout by Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) at a price that Yahoo, and the company’s the Board of Directors, considers to be unacceptably low. "Yahoo’s chief executive, Jerry Yang, said that the company’s solid performance reaffirmed the board’s conviction that Microsoft’s unsolicited takeover offer The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-43923293756764535702008-04-26T06:12:00.000-07:002008-04-26T06:17:41.803-07:00Yahoo's Invalid Click Filterahoo has added a feature to it's Traffic Quality Reports. This feature answers an old problem and question advertisers had, "What if my competitor clicks the hell out of my advertisement?". This is a big problem and the techniques competitors are using to charge you for invalid clicks is getting more and more savvy.To view the "Click Filter Report", go to your "reports tab" and click on "Click The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-61433142743668497672008-04-26T06:09:00.000-07:002008-04-26T06:11:31.452-07:00Yahoo! Raises Minimum BidsYahoo! Search Marketing (YSM) no longer has a $0.10 minimum bid according to the Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog. Minimum bids for keywords are based on quality and keyword value. Quality means they reward ads that get clicked on more relative to competitors with lower minimum bids. My experience with AdWords has been that this doesn’t matter a lick. Ads that get clicked on a lot are ranked higher The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-12687046647797466382008-04-26T06:07:00.000-07:002008-04-26T06:08:55.275-07:00Microsoft says it doesn't need YAHOOEssentially, Microsoft stated that it will not be raising its bid to aquire Yahoo, even though the company came through with decent earnings. Good. Great. Super. Now all we need are the Yahoo shareholders to reject this offer. Yahoo’s board of directors is recommending that this hostile takeover is rejected. Normally, I think board of directors are full of it, but I do agree with this opinion. The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-41381494689012763312008-04-23T04:37:00.000-07:002008-04-23T04:43:05.867-07:00Yahoo Introduced Facebook Profile Images In Search ResultsYahoo! is now displaying pictures from Facebook profiles next to search results just the way Google shows image thumbnails in search pages. To see if your Facebook picture shows up in Yahoo, either search for your own name in quotes and scan through the search page or, a better option, try the following query on Yahoo! site:facebook.com "Your Name" - check this live example for Michael Parekh. The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-1966355132714841602008-04-23T04:22:00.000-07:002008-04-23T04:37:21.381-07:00Yahoo’s Starting Point: A Clearer Strategy I’ve been a rather harsh critic of Yahoo’s quarterly earnings calls. In January, I called the effort by Jerry Yang and Sue Decker to justify the company’s weak performance a “droning, jargon-filled” explication of a “vision-goes-here strategy.” Two days later, a letter from Redmond arrived with an offer that Yahoo is still working hard to refuse. Today, Yahoo’s call might not have been a model The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672192818883893421.post-16367341152306324762008-04-22T14:28:00.001-07:002008-04-22T14:28:06.206-07:00Ballmer: Yahoo results won't affect Microsoft offerSKHIRAT, Morocco - Microsoft Corp. will hold firm on its $43.2 billion offer for Yahoo Inc., regardless of whether Yahoo's quarterly results impress or disappoint investors, CEO Steve Ballmer said today.read more | digg storyThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11979876553118867379noreply@blogger.com0