Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'acquisitions'

After Google learned of the bid for Microsoft to buy Yahoo, the Google blog responded harshly to the possibilities of an acquisition. David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Google, writes: So Microsoft's hostile bid...

Posted on February 4, 2008 9:05 AM

MarketWatch and Search Engine Land have publicized the announcement made yesterday that Microsoft has made a $1.23 billion bid to purchase Norwegian company Fast Search. Does this mean that a more relevant Live search is on the horizon? It's quite...

Posted on January 9, 2008 10:17 AM

Yesterday, Google announced that it had acquired Jaiku, a microblogging platform similar to my favorite Twitter. According to Google's announcement, current Jaiku members are still able to use the service but Google is now focused on expanding the technology behind...

Posted on October 10, 2007 9:15 AM

In July, Google acquired Postini, and today, it is going to put that acquisition to good use by allowing corporate subscribers to take advantage of the new services "by adding new security tools and more than doubling the storage capacity...

Posted on October 3, 2007 9:37 AM

Numerous reports indicate that Microsoft is looking to purchase a stake in Facebook and values the social networking site at roughly $10 billion. That's 5 times as much as Zuckerberg was originally rumored to have wanted to sell Facebook for...

Posted on September 25, 2007 8:59 AM

Yesterday, word spread that Yahoo has brokered a deal with email service Zimbra and will be purchasing it for $350 million. WebmasterWorld members wonder if Yahoo is really pressured to buy all companies. They're wondering if Yahoo is trying to...

Posted on September 18, 2007 9:57 AM

Yesterday, Yahoo announced that it had purchased BlueLithium, a behavioral-targeting ad network, for $300 million. What is BlueLithium, you ask? BlueLithium is a three-year-old company whose technology tracks consumer behavior as users move from site to site, allowing businesses to...

Posted on September 5, 2007 9:53 AM

Yahoo has bought a stake in Tyroo, an online advertising agency in India, according to InfoWorld. The article says that approximately 35 to 50 percent of the company was acquired for an undisclosed amount of money. With this move, Yahoo...

Posted on July 19, 2007 8:52 AM

To improve on the Google Apps suite, Google has just acquired Postini, as we learn in a press release today. Postini's services -- which include message security, archiving, encryption, and policy enforcement -- can be used to protect a company's...

Posted on July 9, 2007 10:01 AM

In May, we reported that Bill Gates is interested in focusing and bettering their search engine. A WebmasterWorld thread highlights an article in BusinessWeek that emphasizes Microsoft's resolve to focus its energy on acquiring companies that specialize in vertical search....

Posted on June 27, 2007 10:29 AM

According to numerous reports and a WebmasterWorld thread, Yahoo is rumored to be looking to acquire MySpace for 25% of its company stake, which apparently is equivalent to $12 billion. With Yahoo's acquisitions of Flickr, del.icio.us, MyBlogLog, and Rivals.com, we're...

Posted on June 21, 2007 10:03 AM

Yesterday, Google announced on its blog that it acquired Zenter, a company that provides software for creating online slide presentations. The goal would be for "more sharing" and information collaboration, as the blog title suggests. Google has been planning to...

Posted on June 20, 2007 8:59 AM

The big news this morning is that Microsoft is looking to acquire Yahoo for $50 billion. Over at Search Engine Land, Danny also covers the possible merger. Ironically, DigitalPoint members are hoping that this ends the the Google search monopoly:...

Posted on May 4, 2007 10:35 AM

In one of Google's costliest acquisitions, on Friday, the Google blog announced (as did the Google AdSense Blog and the Google AdWords blog) that they were acquiring the DoubleClick online advertising firm for $3.1 billion. A WebmasterWorld thread discusses the...

Posted on April 16, 2007 9:28 AM

You all heard the news already, Google To Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock; MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 9, 2006 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company for...

Posted on October 10, 2006 7:27 AM