Ask.com Search Problems

Ask.com, CEO Diller, is purportedly not impressed with the outcome of Ask.com and many think that the search engine in use, TEOMA, may be abandoned to have Google's search results returned in Ask.com's user interface.

It seems the search engine cannot achieve an independence to the top three, Google, Yahoo! and MSN even with a multi-million dollar advertising campaign. Users have noticed lately that sponsored results are now showing above the organic results which hints that the given results are not quiet as good as the sponsored results; a move that Google has no apologies nor shame when supplying several sponsors above the organic results.

Burying organic search results does little to help search engine optimization but does alot to help paid sponsored results.

Yahoo! Distracted by Microsoft Bid

Yahoo! Executives admitted in their annual report that the top executives had been distracted from regulart duties by the unwelcomed bid by Microsoft to take over its holdings for a $44.6 billion bid. Yahoo! reports that advertisers, publishers and key employees may not want to wait out any future negotiations that would leave those parties without their partnership with Yahoo! if a future takeover is successful.

Yahoo! also has 7 lawsuits pending against it, according to SearchEngineJournal, related to the Microsoft bid turndown.

Microsoft Desires Yahoo! Engineers

Microsoft has let it be openly known that they wish to acquire the search engineers at Yahoo! in order to keep up the competition with Google. Bill Gates, according to CNET, says because Yahoo! has expanded beyond just a focus on media and into breakthrough technology that will improve searches that it desires to acquire Yahoo!. Mr. Gates explained that the technology is expanding so quickly that it takes much energy to keep up with the constant changes.

It seems like energy is the drive that makes the most of search engine companies including search engine optimization companies that can be limited with synergy because of heavy work loads or lack of employees to get tasks started much less completed.

MSN/Yahoo! Deal Fizzling?

Soon to be reported on SEO Metro is rumors that the MSN deal acquiring Yahoo! is going down the pot in a fast way. Some anonymous sources are reporting Yahoo! is insulted with the 44.6 Billion dollar offer of acquisition.

Knowing such internet acquisition/attempts in the past of large corporations should leave no common citizen surprised.