Reports are flying but again that Microsoft and Yahoo are shut to finalizing a search/advertising partnership.Sure, this is a minimum of the 50th time we;ve heard this over the previous year. Yes, execs from Microsoft allegedly are jetting to Yahoo headquarters for (non) hush-hush conferences. And yes,
Windows 7 Pro, each providers aren't speaking publicly about what could possibly or may well not happen.(Supposedly,
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, Yahoo could outsource its lookup organization to Microsoft and Microsoft may let Yahoo deal with component of its marketing. Or something like that….)The timing couldn;t be better for Microsoft if such a offer comes through. On July 23, Microsoft reviews its fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter earnings. With no
Windows 7 available however,
Windows 7 64 Bit, Microsoft;s Windows client enterprise will likely be flailing a bit. It;s also Microsoft;s annual sales conference next week. Can you imagine CEO Steve Ballmer galloping around the stage, with the Microsoft sales and marketing corps cheering his hoarse cries of “Bing! Bing! Bing!”?By the way,
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, in spite of all the Bing hype and studies claiming exponential growth from week to week, Comscore said that Microsoft;s search share actually grew .4 percent in June, the first month Microsoft;s revamped search engine was widely available. So now Microsoft;s lookup share is 8.4 percent,
Microsoft Office 2007 Product Key, Yahoo (which lost share in June) is at 19.6 percent and Google is holding steady with 65 percent of the search market.At Microsoft;s Worldwide Partner Conference this week, neither Ballmer nor Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner allow the word “Yahoo” pass their lips. Ballmer mentioned Bing, but additional in the context of proof that Microsoft can consider endless abuse but still be tenacious. (And to tell Microsoft partners they should make their search default Bing and not Google.)Is a multi-billion-dollar Microsoft-Yahoo deal finally going to happen? I have no idea. But if it is, next week would be a great time for Microsoft to announce it.