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May 21st, 2007
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| Milforum's Postmaster | Post; Microsoft Pays $6B for Online Ad CompanyMicrosoft Pays $6B for Online Ad Company photo NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft Corp., not wanting to get left behind rivals in an online advertising boom, agreed to pay $6 billion in cash to acquire aQuantive Inc. on Friday, a leading agency for Internet ads which also has powerful technology that serves display and banner ads to other Web sites....
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May 21st, 2007
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
Yeah I heard rumors about this a few days ago in various 'techie' sites. There is also a recent rumor that MS is looking to buy Yahoo. If true, it means they are more worried about Google then they have suggested.
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May 21st, 2007
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| Milforum's Postmaster | If I were MicroSoft... I would be worried about Google |
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May 21st, 2007
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
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May 21st, 2007
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| The fire is everything...  | Does anyone still use MSN??  But if Microsoft buys Yahoo, then Google may have something to worry about. Yahoo really isn't that bad, and I see more and more spam results in Google now and their index has been quite unstable lately with sites dropping in and out every second day etc... |
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May 21st, 2007
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | True, but Google still has the faster index of all the search engines. |
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