What is it about Microsoft that it seems no one wants to play with them? The global computing giant has issued an unsolicited $43 billion offer to buy Yahoo but the online portal seems to be willing to do almost anything to avoid getting into bed with Microsoft.
The logic of the move is clear to [...]

It has been almost a week since Microsoft put a deal on the table for Yahoo! to consider. While we don’t seem to be hearing much yet from Jerry Yang and his board of directors the rest of the industry has plenty to say – especially Google.
Google is vocal but not quite uniform in its [...]

Have a look at some of the big stories about the Internet so far this week. Here are a few headlines and links:
Rank outsider sues Google over zero score
Music industry to sue Yahoo China
UK lawsuit proceeds against Russian MP3 site
Image-based spam on the rise
Yesterday, I promoted the opportunity for people to tell ICANN, the Internet’s [...]

Last night’s Optimising Your Online Presence seminar brought some of Manchester’s top businesses together at Cube and sent them away with fuel for success.
Clare Johnson of Digital Marketing specialists Adoofa, spoke first and gave marketers a great overview of SEO and PPC with emphasis on tried and tested techniques and avoidance of the ‘Dark Arts.’ [...]

The latest news from the Internet super brands arena is that eBay has been in talks with Yahoo! and Microsoft to assess the growing threat from Google.
A Times Online article cites a concern that Google has turned aggressive and is wielding it’s pocket full of cash in a dangerous way, buying and developing technologies [...]

After Google’s Orion project yesterday, it’s good to hear Yahoo promoting a new innovation today.
Although, Yahoo’s up coming travel search does not provide new technologies, making it less ‘innovation’ and more ‘filing system’ for its current travel capabilities scattered across its portal.
Yahoo aims to up the anti on established online travel agents by bringing together [...]