yipes...the search conglomerates
So I’ve been doing some research about this inktomi-yahoo-altavista-overture mess…
“Palo Alto, California-based {represent!} AltaVista was acquired by Overture in April [2003]. Overture also acquired in April the Web search unit of Oslo-based Fast Search & Transfer, or FAST, a developer of enterprise search and real-time filtering technologies. After the acquisition of Overture [by Yahoo], these search technologies and services will become the property of Yahoo, which also has its own search engine. Yahoo acquired Inktomi, a Web search technology provider in Foster City, California, in December [2002]. “
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So where does google come in to all of this?
In 2000, Yahoo contracted Google to do some 3rd party searching for them; like we talked about in class, actual people were ranking these websites, and the 3rd party helps, because obviously, humans can’t do it all. But here is the interesting part, Yahoo has had 3rd party relationships with Inktomi, and Altavista. Hmmm..
Read it all here...
And speaking of mega-hubs, Yahoo was thinking about buying AOL—but has now dropped out, leaving Microsoft, Comcast, and GOOGLE at the table. Wow. Scary...
I think that clears things up???
it's weird that there are entire websites devoted to news about this stuff...
my head hurts.
Comments
Posted by: Kenny Long
Posted on: December 2, 2005 10:36 AM
Some day all of the big companies will merge and charge us all an arm and a leg.