The Top 5 Reasons Yahoo Is Shooting Itself In The Foot

With the new homepage and all between yesterday and today I have been way too busy to post, well guess what. I am here to post now. Apparently Yahoo! and AOL are close in a joint deal between the two (find the article here). It is highly recommended you read that article before we begin so you will understand what is going on. Yahoo was dumb the first time they avoided the Microsoft offer, now they are looking in different directions. They have proposed ad deals with Google and are working on a joint program with AOL, but these just aren't smart for their company or good for the shareholders. Here is your top 5.

#5) Google Is Better Off If Yahoo Doesn't Sell To Microsoft

The last thing Yahoo should want to do with this deal is help out their leading competitor, Google. Google already holds 68% of the market, and Yahoo only has an estimated 20% of the search market. If Yahoo does not sell to Microsoft Google still holds onto their share and is better off for it.

#4) Yahoo-Google Threaten Monopoly On Market

The possible deal between Yahoo and Google could potentially yield a monopoly. Google would essentially hold 90% of the market, give or take a few percentages. Not only would this cripple Microsoft, it would make it hard for any company to gain ground. This would be frowned on by many people and make life difficult for thousands of other search engines. We all remember the AT&T monopoly and it ended badly for them, and it will probably end bad for Google and Yahoo.

#3) AOL Doesn't Appeal To Shareholders

AOL holds roughly 1 percent of the search engine market. Yahoo's potential joint deal with them wouldn't really help them all that much in the search market and would leave them dry of materials. AOL just isn't as big as Microsoft an never will be.

#2) Microsoft Has Tools Other Companies Don't

Microsoft, if one thing is certain, has some of the best developers in the world. These also have the tools and materials needed to have a successful company. Microsoft offers something AOL doesn't and that is tools and money.

#1) Microsoft Won't Be Paying More

Microsoft will not be expanding on this offer I would doubt, let's face it-- they could go to the shareholders tomorrow and all but lock the deal up. Microsoft is already paying a couple dollars extra a share, which is more than a fair price when you are dealing with millions of shares. I would really be suprised if they upped the ante on this one. Yahoo should just sell.

There is your top 5 guys, sorry it was short. I have been really busy, and I hope you enjoyed it. If you have any questions just comment below. If you liked the article you can bookmark it below as well.

The Top 5 Reasons Google Dominates The Search Engine Market

Google reached an all-time high for search engine share today. So I bring you the top 5 reasons why they are so dominant in the search engine market.

#5) Google's Customer Service

I have dealt with Google for years, if you email them they will normally will respond within a day or two. After you recieve your reply they will ask you how they did. Google is always trying to improve their service. This is a good reason as to why they are atop their market.

#4) Google's Great Software

Google has so many tools to use and for such a wide variety of categories. Whether you are looking for a world map (Google earth) or you are trying to optimize your website (Google analytics and Webmaster tools). The only piece of software that they offer that isn't recommendable is their IM service(Google Talk).

#3) Google Adsense

This is a great program, for advertisers and for the publishers. It allows advertisers to target the people they need on their site, and at the same token it makes it easier for a publisher to make a good chunk of cash.

#2) Google Adwords

Google's adwords program is cheap and cost effective. You can pay 1cent per click and probably get on the first couple of pages and get probably a maximum clicks per day depending on how much you spend daily. This is one of the first services most people will recommend when you want to get your site good publicity.

#1) Google's Superior Results

Whenever you go to search another search engine you just don't get that great of results. All of the other major search engines results often show themselves at the top of the page. The results just aren't relevant enough. Until someone can get a good algorithm as to search results Google will hold its dominance.

That is the top 5 reasons Google is so dominant. Feel free to drop me an email or post a comment. If you like what you read you can digg it or bookmark it to your social network below. You can also read my other articles.