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Yahoo Inc Chairman Terry Semel belittled rival Google Incs recent efforts to expand beyond its leading Internet search engine describing the diversification as a haphazard attempt to catch up with his company
So far they dont seem to have a plan but maybe they do Semel said Thursday during a questionandanswer session at an Internet conference Maybe magic will happen tomorrow
Earlier in the conversation Semel praised Googles online search prowess hailing the company as a pioneer in that field...
Internet companies seen strong in seasonally weak period
Dow Jones47 Internet giants are expected to report solid results for the third quarter thanks to ongoing growth in global onlineadvertising spending and retail ecommerce sales
However reduced Internet use during the summer when the beach exerts a stronger pull than the computer screen is expected to be palpable and for some players act as a drag on revenue and margins
Moreover Internet companies steppedup internal development efforts and mergers and acquisition activity could add to margin pressure some analysts said
Acquisitions have abounded recently with Yahoo Inc...
Yahoo CEO Belittles Google's Recent Expansion Efforts
Yahoo Inc Chairman Terry Semel belittled rival Google Incs recent efforts to expand beyond its leading Internet search engine describing the diversification as a haphazard attempt to catch up with his company
So far they dont seem to have a plan but maybe they do Semel said Thursday during a questionandanswer session at an Internet conference Maybe magic will happen tomorrow
Earlier in the conversation Semel praised Googles online search prowess hailing the company as a pioneer in that field...
AOL Exec Coy About Microsoft Talks
Ill try to say something but avoid the question Miller said smiling during a session in which he chatted with conference chair John Battelle and with audience members
Battelle suggested that Microsofts unit might be aggressively seeking to sign up for s new sponsored search ad network Miller acknowledged that is a swing voter in the market for sponsored search ads because of its traffic volume currently serves up Google ads with its general Web searches which are also powered by Google...
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
Matt Thompson deputy editor for online content for startribunecom the Web site for the newspaper in Minneapolis and Robin Sloan who works for Current a San Franciscobased cable and satellite network created In the short movie the two peg the growing Google as the death knell for the slumbering Fourth Estate which loses its gatekeeping and publishing role to the Internet
The eightminute piece produced by the Museum for Media History a fictitious construct of Thompson and Sloan swerves between the plausible and the dramatic tendering a prophecy that is both alarmist and maybe inevitable...