Microsoft Offers $44.6B for Yahoo!

In the universe that is cyberspace and the world wide web, this whole thing with Microsoft offering $44,6 billion dollars for Yahoo! is pretty big news!

How does everyone feel about this?

Apparently, Yahoo’s stock (I don’t own any) has been in a slump the past 4 years.

With its profits steadily sliding, Yahoo’s stock slipped to a four-year low earlier this week and a new management team has been trying to steer a turnaround but sees more turbulence through 2008.

The Old Yahoo Days Are Gone…

Personally, I used to just love going to Yahoo.com daily whenever I went online in the past. But now, there are so many other distractions… like Facebook, for example. And of course, Rice Bowl Journals.

Well, the fact is, Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock which now I see was a very good idea for Google, being that YouTube is rated no. 3 according to Alexa.com, which has surpassed Microsoft’s Windows Live and MSN networks!

Googles Widening Lead…

If you ask me, Google is a runaway train. And I just wished I had bought Google way back when. Today shows Google’s stock at $522.65 a share. Wow!

Google already controls nearly 60 percent of the U.S. search market, and has been widening its lead, despite concerted efforts by both second-place Yahoo and third-place Microsoft. By combining, Microsoft and Yahoo would have a 33 percent share of the U.S. search market, according to the latest data from comScore Media Metrix.

With Google has having 60% of the online search market and its lead ever increasing… regardless, whether Microsoft takes over Yahoo or not… looks like Google still comes out the winner.