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MSN sticks with Overture

October 17, 2003 Yahoo's Overture Services plans to continue offering commercial search links to Web rival MSN, even as Microsoft forges ahead with its own commercial search efforts. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., MSN, Yahoo! Inc., portal, agreement, Microsoft Corp.

Lycos sues Overture over search deal

November 5, 2003 The Web portal says that Overture Services violated the provisions of a commercial search contract between them when it agreed to be acquired by Yahoo. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., Lycos Inc., agreement, pay-per-click advertising, Yahoo! Inc., assignment, Web portal, complaint, Massachusetts, Google Inc., portal, Internet Service Provider, Internet service, service provider

Microsoft extends Overture ad contract

November 18, 2004 Software giant will keep using Yahoo's subsidiary for ad placement on its MSN.com portal until at least mid-2006. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., MSN, Yahoo! Inc., portal, search technology, Microsoft Corp., agreement, Google Inc.

Yahoo takes Google's spot on CNN

May 13, 2004 The news Web site bumps Google for Yahoo to power its search results, in a deal that underscores the heated rivalry between the two companies. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., CNN, Overture Services Inc., search result, Web portal, Macromedia Inc., Google Inc., search technology, portal

Yahoo meets estimates; revenue soars

January 15, 2004 The Web portal posts a net profit of $75 million, marking the first quarter in which it included results from its $1.6 billion acquisition of Overture. TAGS: traffic acquisition cost, Overture Services Inc., depreciation, amortization, Yahoo! Inc., net profit, Web portal, Thomson First Call, Wall Street, income, portal, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo earnings hinging on search, advertising

October 6, 2003 As the Web portal prepares for its third-quarter earnings report, set for Wednesday, analysts are expecting the company to continue its streak of solid growth. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., online advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Web portal, earnings, search result, earnings report, portal, expectation, search technology, Google Inc.

Yahoo accounting change in earnings spotlight

January 14, 2004 In a break from standard accounting practices, the company lobbies analysts to consider excluding from its revenue the costs of acquiring search traffic from portal partners such as MSN. TAGS: traffic acquisition cost, Overture Services Inc., Yahoo! Inc., accounting, GAAP, net profit, DSL, SBC Communications Inc., recovery, Thomson First Call, earnings, online advertising, subscriber, portal, payment, MSN

MSN to shake up search ads

March 19, 2004 Microsoft's Web portal plans to label its paid-search listings more clearly and to showcase ads sold by its own staff rather than by Yahoo-owned partner Overture. TAGS: Inktomi, search result, MSN Search, Overture Services Inc., MSN, listing, advertiser, text advertisement, Internet search advertising, visitor, Yahoo! Inc., inclusion, portal, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo puts local content on the map

March 9, 2004 The Internet portal continues its Internet search expansion by delivering information on local points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels and parks, via its online map system. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., Internet portal, hotel, Internet search, Overture Services Inc., search engine company, map, search engine, portal, location, Google Inc.

Yahoo dumps Google search technology

February 18, 2004 Yahoo drops Google as the default search technology provider for its U.S.-based sites, signaling the beginning of the end for the Web's most high-profile marriage of convenience. TAGS: Inktomi, Yahoo! Inc., technology provider, search engine company, marriage, Overture Services Inc., search technology, AltaVista Co., Google Inc., Yahoo Search, Google Search, Web portal, convenience, portal, search result, robot
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