…again

The Google Yahoo ad deal is dead, share price is down (read ‘abandon ship’) and it would appear that Yahoo doesn’t have a clear idea of where it’s going. Time to post the ‘For Sale’ signs again.

Straight from the Yang horses mouth - “To this day the best thing for Microsoft to do is buy Yahoo,”

“I don’t think that is a bad idea at all, at the right price whatever that price is. We’re willing to sell the company,” he told the audience at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco.

“But why not sell earlier?”  I hear you say. According to Yang, Microsoft walked away from a public offering even though Yahoo were prepared to negotiate. I thought Microsoft walked away because Yahoo wanted more - is that what they mean by negotiation? A further deal by Microsoft to buy Yahoo’s search engine also fell flat on its face. It’s pretty easy to see why also these setbacks spawned rumours of Yang quitting Yahoo.

So, the door is still open to Microsoft but are they interested?

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