Brian McCullough - Organizational Internet and Marketing Consultant

Yeah thats right Yahoo said NO!, although I am a Google guy Yahoo is my number two with Microsoft being somewhere in the distant. I will deffenatlly will be waiting for the next move so fare the diolog has been as follows:

Yahoo to Microsoft :

“After careful evaluation, the Board believes that Microsoft’s proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo! including our global brand, large worldwide audience, significant recent investments in advertising platforms and future growth prospects, free cash flow and earnings potential, as well as our substantial unconsolidated investments. The Board of Directors is continually evaluating all of its strategic options in the context of the rapidly evolving industry environment and we remain committed to pursuing initiatives that maximize value for all stockholders.”

Microsoft to Yahoo :

“It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has not embraced our full and fair proposal to combine our companies. Based on conversations with stakeholders of both companies, we are confident that moving forward promptly to consummate a transaction is in the best interests of all parties.

We are offering shareholders superior value and the opportunity to participate in the upside of the combined company. The combination also offers an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market.

A Microsoft-Yahoo! combination will create a more effective company that would provide greater value and service to our customers. Furthermore, the combination will create a more competitive marketplace by establishing a compelling number two competitor for Internet search and online advertising.

The Yahoo! response does not change our belief in the strategic and financial merits of our proposal. As we have said previously, Microsoft reserves the right to pursue all necessary steps to ensure that Yahoo!’s shareholders are provided with the opportunity to realize the value inherent in our proposal.”

WebMovieNow.com carries many unique titles that can only be digitally purchased from their video on demand website. The website looks nice and I will undoubtedly be using their services quit a bit.  I am the type of person that really likes to look into a film and this is the place to get that, on some films they even have footage that cannot be found on the films DVD.

I will be watching this site and keep you posted on its progress.

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I’ve never really paid much attention to LinkedIn; I do know that if you wanted to get your name at the top of Google and Yahoo, LinkedIn will definitely do the job, unless your name is John Smith. Although LinkedIn rival Facebook is super popular it does not seem to index like most other sites do, including LinkedIn. According to Nielsen numbers LinkedIn is growing at a faster rate than Facebook, this maybe due to better results in search engines or because the MySpace generation is job hunting. I know Facebook is moving towards better visibility on search engines, however, I have not seen the results yet. This worries me because they have always been known as a gated community, unlike their spam ridden rival MySpace. A few websites that have really achieved great search engine recognition include: Digg.com, Wikipedia.com, LinkedIn.com, Yahoo Answers, and Amazon.com. These are just a few sites that you want to be on that is if you want your name out there. Visit me later for a personal SEO game plan.