Yahoo! Slips on Steady Guidance
Date: 2004-01-14 Source: TheStreet.com
The big Internet media company sailed past Wall Street's targets after the bell, posting fourth-quarter earnings of $75 million, or 11 cents a share, on net revenue of $511 million. But as some observers had cautioned, the company's strong performance wasn't enough to forestall the oft-invoked sell-the-news instinct, and Yahoo! shares fell 4% in postmarket trading. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo, Google primed for search war
Date: 2004-01-14 Source: News.com
Yahoo on Wednesday said it will drop search partner Google during the first quarter of 2004 in favor of its own technology, opening a new phase in the battle for Web search dominance. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Investors Whistling Yahoo!'s Tune
Date: 2004-01-13 Source: TheStreet.com
Now, three months after Yahoo! completed its acquisition of pay-per-click search provider Overture Services, investors are looking for the earliest signs that Overture-fortified growth is as great as expected, if not more so. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo accounting change in earnings spotlight
Date: 2004-01-13 Source: News.com
Accounting changes at Yahoo will be in the spotlight Wednesday, when the Web advertising bellwether reports its latest quarterly earnings--the first to include results from its $1.6 billion acquisition of Overture Services. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo fixes Messenger transfer flaw
Date: 2004-01-12 Source: ZDNet
Yahoo has fixed a bug in its instant messenger application after it was found to be vulnerable to buffer-overflow errors when receiving files, potentially leaving PCs open to attack. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo! searches for answer to Google
Date: 2004-01-08 Source: Australian Financial Review
Yahoo! once was the unquestioned first choice for help in navigating the internet. Then it lost that distinction to Google's powerful search technology. Now, Yahoo! is plotting to recapture the hearts and mice of internet users with a three-pronged assault on Google's dominance. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Curtain draws on Google's Yahoo! gig
Date: 2004-01-06 Source: The Register
Yahoo! will ditch Google as its main search engine "perhaps as early as the first quarter", the WSJ reports. The paper's sources are unnamed marketing outfits who says they have been briefed on the switch by Yahoo! [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Sands Shift as Yahoo! Prepares to Drop Google
Date: 2004-01-06 Source: InternetNews.com
Yahoo!'s expected algorithmic search switch from Google to Inktomi will come in the next few months, according to search engine marketing execs who have spoken with Yahoo! employees. The change, while widely expected, will likely create huge disruptions in Web traffic patterns. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo CEO Semel: Search is everywhere in 2004
Date: 2004-01-05 Source: News.com
Yahoo CEO Terry Semel said Monday that the company has "only just begun" with its grand plans to grow its Web search business, highlighting 2004 as a year when search will become omnipresent throughout its family of sites. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
