Microsoft and Yahoo together can never give nightmares to Google. However, the best thing we’re looking forward to from this takeover, if it happens, is better products and services. The successfully executed acquisition would certainly achieve this. Google will fight back, probably with better operating system and office software. It’s good news for consumers overall.

It’s always great to see when two giants are planning to merge and there aren’t many companies bigger than Microsoft and Yahoo. Microsoft is being over confident in Yahoo which is clearly seen in the amount offered by the company. However such a hefty bid could make Microsoft lose some of its investors who are not as optimistic as the company itself. Still the merger makes for some sort of competition between Google and the merged companies, but ending Google’s supremacy is something not at all on the cards for another decade or so.

It’s a mature thought - whenever the intelligence of two combines, something ultra takes birth...but for Microsoft to actually get this going, is incredibly difficult. Here we’re talking of billion dollar companies, therefore, with Microsoft bidding $44.5 billion for Yahoo! It is outrightly evident that the merger will be a success – but that will take time, and when I mean time, I mean a long time – within which, Google is bound to gain. If the things go ahead as Microsoft visions, there will be one less player in the search engines, and therefore if you think it is a cakewalk for Microsoft – Google instigates you to think again.

Definitely it will, Just see the data presented by Nielsen/Net Ratings for March 2007 -

TOP WEB BRANDS

Unique audience (in millions)

Google- 108.4
Yahoo- 107.8
Microsoft- 98.7
MSN/Windows Live- 95.4
AOL Media Network- 95.0

Now decide what would happen when Microsoft will take Yahoo...

Check the graph here. What a bad move for MS. They're paying a huge amount over the current stock price, how they’ll manage $44.6 billion - cash reserves will blow up. And all this to fight Google?

Microsoft is and software grandeur is in no way a veiled fact and its collaboration with Yahoo will be a great upheaval for google. Since cat is in the bag, it’s hard to say anything as of now. But surely Yahoo has got some problems with margins, they’re coming down with this. If Yahoo doubles its margins to industry norms, that's $6B annually in added net and only Microsoft can bring that to proportionate.

Both the companies, Microsoft and Yahoo, have many overlapping businesses, such as messaging, email and advertising, and news, travel and finance sites, but both are weak in the Web search market, the stronghold of Google. The new mega merger, if prevail, would hopefully put a good competition and break the monopoly of Goggle.

For Yahoo, it will be tough to fight google's dominance. Why?? let me tell you the reasons - the Internet User Profile Survey (IUPS) clearly revealed that the Google has challenged all its competitors including Yahoo and and become the loved site or Internet search uses. Some seven years the story was different and Yahoo was indisputably the most visited search engine in UK with 42% people accepted Yahoo was their favorite. People loved Yahoo because it was simple to use, it had clear categories, and comfortable in design. Very few had projected that Google, a new site then, will kill yahoo,s dominance. Google had one per cent users at that time. The story changed within three years and the one per cent became 38 per cent in UK. Since then Google has given tremendous services to users and it will be hard to break Google's dominance even for MICROHOO (Microsoft+Yahoo).

Why is anybody doubtful about yahoo???? It’s a value for sure. I use Yahoo Finance, and it’s excellent, here I can say that it’s 100 times better than Google's dire offering. if Microsoft and Yahoo will join they will certainly ward Google off soon.

it's too early to say something on a hoax bcoz all we know yet is two different search technologies Yahoo's Panama, and Microsoft's will integrate. But even if it’s true the question still remains will it affect? And my answer is no, the reason being this will far from helping them take significant search share from google. I use GOOG to search (sometimes AltaVista), but hardly ever MSFT or YHOO hence the doubts over its bid to dent google search share.

well this is beyond any same mind Microsoft taking over the Yahoo who has always a questionable business model for such an absurd amount of $$. I guess now is a good time to short MS stock. and if it's true, the tottering Yahoo can asking nothing more than this but to take over Google is dreaming with open eyes that never comes true.

Microsoft is eying Yahoo from a long time, you’ll not believe, a year ago Yahoo declined the offer and now when Yahoo stocks are taking a big hit and a recession around the corner, MS is actually offering them a lifeline. Come on Yahoo, don’t miss the opportunity, sell. And talking about dominance, let’s not forget that both these two too are giants and that too on number 2 and 3. The marriage can give Google nightmares and would end Google’s the dominance too. And I don’t think there is any reason we should not believe it. MS and Yahoo have been giving us great products and together they can definitely shake Google.

Yahoo is trying hard and doing everything to oust Google from the top. It has been trying to give fight to Google with a corporate restructuring of 2006 and released a new search advertising system, code-named Panama. But Google's monopoly has been established because of its user friendly features.

Why not?

If you have enough money for investment (that Microsoft possess in huge piles), and some better brains and ideas (Yahoo!), you may not just secure a place amid intense competition but also make the business giants run for their money.

Everything is possible in this evolutionary world. Who knows the Microsoft, Yahoo merger may turn out to be the leader of tomorrow’s internet market?

I think data provided by Matt & Adrianna is enough to prove my point, still advocating the huge merger, Yahoo/Microsoft bear hug is no less than a poison-pill for Google, because it isn’t a secret anymore that the market is increasingly dominated by one player (YAHOO) who is consolidating its dominance through acquisition n now you can imagine how merger of two big-guns would offer a credible alternative for consumers, advertisers, and publishers

So finally, the things have started moving in the right direction. We’re expecting this, isn’t it? Together, the duo can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers and position themselves better offering more competitive online services making Google come up with a new plan...the dominance will break one day, if not today…tomorrow. I wonder why Apple is not in the ring till now. What about Apple+MS+Yahoo?

Relying on the figures, put forth by Matt it could be asserted that confluence of Yahoo and Microsoft could certainly breakout an inundation the flow of which may create cracks on the mighty edifice of Google. Moreover, considering that this confluence won’t affect Cyber giant Google, sounds a bit kiddish because in the cutthroat competition, which is turning more and more volatile, one can’t say for sure, which company would lay prostrate and which one would hold up its head valiantly.

Napoleon can’t survive alone…can’t fight alone… he’s lost his confidence and hence there comes a deal offer… a classic case that is more money backed than brains. Marriage of mediocrity Mr. Yang and Ms. Decker… Mr. lame (Bill) will get crutches to fight again… and Bill’s own brain is rusted now…hence buying & modifying things than adding anything new…

Separately Microsoft with 9.8% and Yahoo with 22.9% have always struggled in competing with Google with 58.4% share in the world web market. I hope that this new corporate marriage will actually take place, and the combination of the internet portal and the software giant will see the new skies in the internet industry.

@Jennifer
I think you haven’t used Yahoo yet. What extensive searching capacities that google have and yahoo doesn’t you’re talking about? You’re trusting Google only till they haven’t capitalized on the vast amounts of personal data, wait till that happens and then check out yahoo. Microsoft's bid for Yahoo will unleash a new internet age. It’s true that Yahoo and MSN were too lazy to prioritize search, but if the two come together, they can’t afford to sit back and here starts the real war. Google sucks - look how spammers are dominating the search…the adsense content matching algorithms too is awful. All these gonna change soon.

Strictly I am neither side yet, but this is for everybody: You all perhaps don’t know how to read a press release and just mistook it and went on flaunting the deal. Here I need to tell you that Microsoft has proposed to buy Yahoo for $31 per share in cash or stock may be. The offer doesn’t mean Yahoo’s affirmation. Just wait ppl! let Yahoo give its response… don’t make castle in the air.

Yahoo's e-mail program is still No. 1, with 243 million users in March.

Accounting for more than half of web searches, Google is sitting on top of the net search engine and leads with a huge margin from its nearest competitors. It is good to see companies (Microsoft and Yahoo) merging or coming together to topple the internet giant.

Of course, the proposed amalgamation can reduce the overall proportion of the Google a bit in net search market, bur expecting a bid turnaround would be a far-fetched dream, at least in the near future.

Initially, Google provided search for Yahoo but the growth of Google forced yahoo to severe ties. With the entry of Microsoft in the battle, Google will definitely face problems. Yahoo would be a logical partner for Microsoft.

Yeah! Here comes the Google sucking thing. I was wondering why no one discussed it till now. U see, Microsoft pushes the spark and all of a sudden people who desperately want to see this horrible monopolistic company go down crop up…don’t worry, you’ll find loads of them pouring their chants following me here. You know, they refused to index my site despite the fact that it’s non-profit and are eating away all my money. Google is more or less acting like a CENSOR, which should stop now with the merger.

Google lost battle with Yahoo in answer business. Yahoo Answers was launched in December 2005 and in just three months, it kicked back Google by receiving 1.3 million unique visitors and within one year it managed almost 10 times as many visitors as Google Answers had in July 2006. isn't it an indication of battle to be lost by Google when Microsoft gangs up with Yahoo.

Why you guys (on both sides) are getting so impatient and reckless in giving away your opinions that may well turn futile with a single decision?

Stop counting the chickens before they are hatched.

What if Moreover investors fearing investment risk pressurize the company to pull back from the over-hyped deal? Duh…

Wouldn’t it be better first let the seeds implanted in the field than planning for harvest?

The shareholders of Yahoo have no other option now.

Hey, come on, don’t ever say that google sucks. You have to understand that the complex ranking algorithm merely aims to deliver the best results to his users. If your site is new, don’t blame google, it might take some time to appear in search results and some more time to top the search. If you don't like that, wait for microsoft and yahoo together to come up with a new search engine for people like you, which we all know, they can't...NEVER!!!

GOOGLE SUCKS and so do all who say it doesn’t.

Guys, forget about takeover and dominance shitty here, get ready to gobble “Windows Live Yahoo!”, “Windows Live Flickr” and “Windows Live Del.icio.us” as Microsoft will now push Windows down your throat.

I just bet on MICROHOO....... ;-)

Microsoft will use Yahoo's online strengths to galvanize Web-based versions of some of its powerful desktop software applications, like Word and Excel. No other channel could have been better other than yahoo to offer these online applications. Who knows now, Yahoo Apps give Google Apps a hard time in the days to come. Yahoo being a popular online destination, and along with Microsoft the duo would try to move their ad networks beyond the realm of own portals and if this happens, there is no doubt, we can see the end of Google’s dominance soon.

Everyone is aware about the battle between Google and Yahoo, the two Internet giants. Google provides the best search engine on Internet while Yahoo struggles to compete with Google. Tough days ahead for yahoo even after clubbing with Microsoft.

The two giants of the online world, Google and Yahoo, have been locked in a titanic war to establish their supremacy, its tough to say who will be the boss because both are dominant in their key areas in business.

Google days ready to go. A recent conducted study said that Yahoo Mail bested Gmail and and received impressive number of users to Yahoo mail. the surprising revelation was that Gmail was not even at the second place that was captured by Hotmail.

This is an unrelated issues and I can’t help myself to show any anticipation on this battle. let them fight and as an user I need best services, who provides it doesn't matter for me.

Yahoo is no longer the top-visited website on Internet. This is facing increased pressure like hell from rival Google. The support of Microsoft wouldn't be able to erase all problems facing by Yahoo all of a sudden.

Do you people have any idea that if the Yahoo buyout of Microsoft works through, it could be aided by an Indian, Prabhakar Raghavan who is Yahoo’s head of research. The merger will be on table with an Indian connection from both sides -from Yahoo and ffrom Microsoft as well. Raghavan, alumni of Hyderabad Public School and IIT Chennai, is a technology professor who became corporate researcher. ... Microsoft is trying hard to become PUBLISHER from PRINTER now. Bill trying hard to win over corporate customers from Sun Microsystems by using its research and development centre at Hyderabad. Isn't it Interesting???

The Microsoft bid for yahoo is the biggest Internet deal till date since AOL acquire Time-Warner.

Its not only the battle of two internet giants but the battle of two countries foe supremacy in Internet business. Microsoft is the undisputed leader in operating system, software, publishing, and video games, while Google is the leader in internet and its powerful search has been expended to mobiles and PDAs too. Google has become threat to Microsoft’s hotmail and MSN messenger supremacy in several countries through its Gmail and Gtalk. It is necessary for Microsoft to stop the onslaught being done by Google and Yahoo is the best platform for Microsoft to challenge Google in Internet business.

No. two and no. three atr tying the knot to beat the no. one. very interesting. Google has almost established its dominance on Internet across the globe.

Yes, the integration will be a damage to the google because now he’s to fight with the more potential organization. whereas dropping $44B on Yahoo makes far more sense than actually investing in core products with significant margins and real cash flow. so right time to lure yahoo to succumb at the time when it's coming down and loosing to google.

Dunno whether the new amalgamation would succeed or fall flat on its face. I wish it would thrive. Google has been ruling the net portal for quite long now, and that too without any serious completion. We need change for betterment. Hopefully the new blend of Microsoft and Yahoo will come up with fresh ideas. While Microsoft with its enhanced Live Search will characterizes a quantum jump in search results, on the other hand, Yahoo's modification will allow users to improve searches and offering links to pictures, video and music on the results page, claimed by the company. So keep your fingers crossed and hope that the likely fusion of Microsoft and Yahoo will end the net monopoly of Google in the days to come.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is known for his bold business initiatives and the latest merger speculation with yahoo is certainly a proof of the man’s corporate competitiveness. For too many years google has taken the world by storm with its famous technological innovations and the world cannot think of anything else other than a google search engine. Now the point is will this possible ’Yacrosoft’ or ’Microhoo’ tie-up ever be fulfilled? As far as I’m concerned it is a difficult call given the animosities prevalent between the two computer and web giants. Even if there is a future merger, it would take a hell lot of time to integrate the corporate cultures of two diverse companies. During that time google would stride forward to extensive areas of technological businesses. Anti-trust laws in Europe would pose as a major hurdle in front of the merger and various overlapping businesses at both yahoo and microsoft would be a bone of contention.

Google is the declared winner after all. Google should welcome Microsoft bid for yahoo because no arguably it's dominance is being challenged by two giants of internet.

While Yahoo is vulnerable present as its stock has fallen and it’s jolted with $20 billion loss in three years, it may opt for the deal. With the U.S. in recession, the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, Yahoo either needed to restructure or merging with some one. but deal does not mean that the market will go all up!! It shows me just how desperate the market really is . Forget it , my money still is either on the sidelines or tucked away in puts!! And if you say that the deal will take over goog, just be with your thought. It'll be a hard nut to crack.

MICROHOO or YAHOOSOFT would definitely have more traffic on Internet than Google. Google will be loser in the new battle.

this deal is surely not in the interests of the internet users, because after all it’s the users that they are fighting for. With this the user will be reduced than increased. Because, this merger have little to do with creating new customers and whatever new services or products will be created and offered to the customers, will of course be different to those used by the customers at the moment. Therefore, customers will be needing time to understand new design. And because of major changes most of mergers fail.

Great to know!!!!!! We're hell confident it is the right way for Microsoft and Yahoo.

This is a clear indication how serious the threat is to Yahoo from Google. Investors are now losing patience with the Yahoo management team so the merger is the single answer to end all worries in Yahoo.

Microsoft, Yahoo! merger to end Google’s dominance!

Appears a perfectly written script, sadly for some movie and in dreams only. It’ll be crazy to expect it occur in reality. First of all, it isn’t certain that the deal will see a happy ending. If it happens somehow, expecting it fire with all cylinders loaded is nothing but sheer optimism. So, pals (on the other side) come out of your wonderland and face the reality that the google is gonna rule the internet at least for another two decades, if not more.

The Microsoft-Yahoo deal would be the biggest takeover in the history of Microsoft. It would make Microsoft leader in Web banner ads used by corporate advertisers. But, both the companies have so many overlapping businesses and it would be difficult for the board to have middle path in carrying out all the ventures.

Hey dudes....Google is the king not because it dominates the Internet but because of large Research and Development to spend or the cheap servers. It leads the market because it takes a simple interface to build it a superior brand all the time. It always explores bold new ideas so it is the winner.

let the merger happen Yahoo's guys would take out the money by selling their stocks and run fast.

Microsoft and Yahoo are two of the world's most powerful tech firms. Both have spent billions of dollars separately in past five years to beat Google in the search-engine advertising business and they will fail to do so even after ganging up with each other..

Greattt!!!! Google will have a real rival now in online search in the form of yahoosoft.

though it’s a fact that Yahoo is going through the bad period for the past a few months but even then it leads Microsoft. Accepting Microsoft’s proposal means undermining whatever Yahoo have built with its own sweat and blood. On the other, these two organization do not only differ in working style but also cultures are so different that the deal will itself prove a nightmare after some time and speculations to outdo Google do not appear. Even if the prospects are there, that I don’t see, it will take years for both to bounce back.

It would take much time because European regulators would won't favor such deal. I think...

Microsoft is greatly a dominant player and it can go into a neighboring market anytime.but, it becomes much smaller player in Google's neighborhood.

People have no choice but to see if the Microsoft-Yahoo entity can provide any competition to Google or not.

Fair enough, Microsoft is the largest software producer and Yahoo enjoys a good number of users as well. But they have to compete with the giant (Google) of the internet which is in its peak. All I can wish is good luck to Bill Gates for uphill task, though without expecting the hyped result.

By the time smoke gets clear and Yahoo + Microsoft comes out or slumber of differences, google would have lapped several times and this deal will make goggle out chasing twice difficult than at present it is. This only bad for both parties.

Innovation is the eminent parameter, when it comes to providing services; yes, Google is beyond the reach of a single Co. in the areas of search, web services, and its special service, Google maps. Now, having attained supremacy here, the giant’s venturing into the phone arena. Therefore, here is an opportunity for Microsoft and Yahoo collaboration (if it gets through) to send Google luring for it gains by striking it in the core, providing valuable services to the users that Google perhaps may lack as a loner, and if this can happen, then why not the merger can surely give Google a run for it money.

Would definitely give us better services and products...

The deal whatsoever between the two giants of the software industries will certainly be the boon for the users and definitely will provide them with the better user friendly software. Microsoft unquestionably rules the roots of the software sphere in the world and now Yahoo attached will definitely dent the Google search and the ads that it exploits at the moment.

No, the Yahoo-Microsoft merger can not give tough competition to Google. Google has strong base in online advertisement due to its enriched products and search optimizations.

Possible. When two bigwigs join hands, the results must be unique.

Google is king. The king will suffer but never bent down.

Time will tell who will dominate. It would be too early to predict anything.

Of course, is there any doubt? Google is just an inflated balloon with nothing substantial to show. Apart from the ad revenue earnings has it been able to show some monetary gains from other ventures? MS apart from the software side of things, is into hardware too with its X Boxes and mp3 players and also the gaming industry. Hotmail has been and till today is the most preferred web-based email who has no seconds. Yahoo! is a close second in that respect and yahoo messenger users are the majority in world IM users. yahoo has a robust search and live search is coming a close second. Yahoo! has its own contextual search program. if this merger does take place, Google would be a goner. It would also put an end to Google’s dangerous monopoly game putting rivals out of biz. Remember Urchin and StatCounter? Google bought out the world’s premier net tracking tool and made it free jeopardizing the biz of its rival? That’s a small example.

Wow!!!! great debate it is, didn't find such debate anywhere on net... By the way, I would prefer Google against Yahoosoft.

I am waiting for the merger, the day when Yahoo will be declared dead for and Google will be ready to take on another giant Microsoft.

Yahoo is dead now, Google is undisputed king on Internet.

It would take 10 years and 100 million dollar for Microhoo to challenge Google dominance. Go ahead Mr. Bill and first step is to kill yahoo and hotmail both.

Google has certainly a winning formula to beat yahoo and would definitely evolve another winning formula to do same to Microsoft. It is an ambitious thinking but it would happen.

It will become Bill's first wrong move. No one can topple Google now.

Microsoft should concentrate on Hotmail rather buying Yahoo. Microsoft has the power to make even hotmail as no. one, Why Yahoo?

Microsoft bid for Yahoo? It will take more than one from now, so be patient people. don't fight.

NO ANTICPATIION, I USE GOOGLE AND I WILL USE GOOGLE ALWAYS. NO YAHOO, NO MICROHOO, NO YAHOOSOFT.

Microsoft- yahoo is going to be the biggest disaster on internet.

Which one will be legitimate son of Microsoft? Yahoo or Hotmail? Stomach pain for Bill in making..

Google vs Microsoft..Isn't it an interesting battle to see. I would love to buy stocks in Yahoo. Google would surely lose in the war of dominance on internet.

Yeah!!! Google finally gets a rival in real. The users will get better features on net now with the entry of Microsoft on net.

It all depends on European regulators how they take the proposal of merger if Yahoo accepts the Microsoft bids.