Yahoo stock jumped up to over $33 at the time of this posting over news that Microsoft may buy the company. Is it really a good idea for Microsoft? Yahoo’s stock jumped close to 20% already just over the news that it will be bought out. So the purchase price would probably be close to $40 or so a share. Additionally, Yahoo’s P/E earnings is already higher than Google, even though investors are making a big stink about Panama.

I don’t think its a good idea for Microsoft to buy the company outright, maybe setup some kind of partnership instead. The deal would be great for Yahoo investors.

I do wonder what kind of affect this would have on SEO. MSN’s search engine results are more spammy and are a lot easier to get into which does benefit me. :) It’d be nice to keep their separate algorithm and to keep their brands different.

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