Technorati Media - Technorati’s Blog Ad Network

A very interesting post on TechCrunch announcing the launch of Technorati’s Ad network, to be called Technorati Media. The site, when launched and live, will be at http://www.technoratimedia.com/
Quoting from the post:
“…The company has been testing the new sales product with a number of partners, including BlogTalkRadio, BlogCritics, BlogCatalog, BlogTV, Technabob, GPSMagazine, GeekAlerts and NerdApproved. CEO [...]

Microsoft to lure search users with cash

According to Todd Bishop’s blog, Microsoft is all set to to lure search users with cash!
Microsoft has tried almost everything to get more people to pick its search site over Google, without much luck. So maybe a little cash will do the trick.

A screenshot of the Live Search cashback site.

That is the idea behind a [...]

Microsoft, Yahoo may team up on Web search

NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp., the software maker that scrapped a $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo! Inc. this month, may forge a partnership with the Internet company in the search-advertising market to challenge Google Inc. Microsoft, which abandoned its takeover attempts May 3, said Sunday that it’s exploring a transaction with [...]

Google Overtakes Yahoo As Most-Visited Web Property

As if Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang didn’t have enough to worry about, Google has now overtaken Yahoo as the most-visited website property, according to comScore.
April saw Google Sites attain the number one spot in the Top 50 U.S. Properties ranking for the first time in its history with a total audience of more than [...]

FLurry of Data Interoperability announcements…

TechCrunch has an interesting post that Google is going to launch a product called “Friend Connect” on Monday. MySpace launched Data Availability on Thursday, and yesterday Facebook Connect.
Why this flurry of activity in opening up APIs for 3rd party apps? All these initiatives will allow securely sending personal profile data, including friend lists, presence/status information, [...]

Yahoo Shareholders Aim To Reignite Microsoft Deal

The Los Angeles Times reports, “Yahoo Inc. shareholders are so mad about the company’s failure to cut a deal with Microsoft Corp. that several said they would consider a proxy fight to oust Chief Executive Jerry Yang and Yahoo’s board of directors if that would bring the Seattle suitor back to [...]

Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile Friday

Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported early Friday that the world’s largest software maker may be preparing to go straight to Internet pioneer Yahoo’s shareholders. An announcement was “likely” to come Friday, according to the report, though the newspaper said its sources cautioned that Microsoft may delay.
Chief Executive Steve [...]

Microsoft to launch a hostile bid: Reuters Poll

Most Wall Street analysts believe Microsoft now faces a drawn-out proxy campaign to win its unsolicited takeover of Yahoo!

Yahoo rewiring itself from the inside out: Sticky, Viral, User-friendly

Speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo here Thursday, Yahoo CTO Ari Balogh revealed how the company is transforming itself into an open and social platform from the ground up. It is opening its Web platform to developers and moving closer to a Facebook-style social networking concept. Ari Balogh also said that while Yahoo already has open APIs for some services, it will expand the open API concept to other areas and make it more consistent for developers, while boosting the ’social’ aspect of its services for its members.

Google’s Schmidt Turns To Pal Quattrone For Help With Microhoo

As Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo all wrestle with Microsoft ’s attempt to buy Yahoo , Google decided it needed some outside counsel. Google CEO Eric Schmidt chose none other than Frank Quattrone, who was cleared of obstruction of justice charges last year, to whisper sweet hostile take-over nothings into his ear.

For the last two-plus months, [...]