Comments on: Why should Yahoo collaborate with WordPress!

By: Links About Technology, Windows, Blogging, Social Media And SEO | Jeet Blog

Links About Technology, Windows, Blogging, Social Media And SEO | Jeet Blog — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:51:05 +0000

[...] Why should Yahoo collaborate with WordPress : Here is a different point of view is presented and with some interesting points too. [...]

By: ffa

ffa — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:42:59 +0000

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By: Madhur Kapoor

Madhur Kapoor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:48:52 +0000

From the advertising point of view. The deal could benefit both parties.

By: Noticias de Bitacoras.com » ¿Y si Yahoo comprara Wordpress?

Noticias de Bitacoras.com » ¿Y si Yahoo comprara Wordpress? — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:02:22 +0000

[...] Mangas Verdes, Manuel M. Almeida se suma a la especulación de ReviewSaurus sobre una posible de compra de Automattic (la compañía responsable de WordPress) por parte de [...]

By: Yahoo! + Automattic (una idea) | Mangas Verdes

Yahoo! + Automattic (una idea) | Mangas Verdes — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:10:00 +0000

[...] bien para incrementar su valor ante una nada improbable adquisición. En este marco, la gente de ReviewSaurus especula con la idea de una hipotética compra de Automattic (la compañía detrás de WordPress) [...]

By: Yahoo + WordPress = MS Poison Pill = WTF? How? « Ladgeful

Yahoo + WordPress = MS Poison Pill = WTF? How? « Ladgeful — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:26:03 +0000

[...] April 21, 2008 | # | Tags: microsoft, wordpress, yahoo Maybe it’s just me, but why would WordPress be a poison pill for Microsoft? I get that WP is open source, but so? [VIA] [...]

By: WinExtra » Yahoo + Wordpress = MS poison pill

WinExtra » Yahoo + Wordpress = MS poison pill — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:45:24 +0000

[...] post on Blogging Pro pointed me to the original post on ReviewSaurus where they suggest that the idea of Yahoo adding to its poison pill arsenal against Microsoft by [...]

By: Yahoo and Automattic: Perfect Match?

Yahoo and Automattic: Perfect Match? — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:20:32 +0000

[...] ReviewSaurus has put up a post outlining just some of the many ways that Yahoo and Automattic would be able to compliment each other if they worked together or if Yahoo acquired Automattic. The one point that really interested me was the idea that the Yahoo Publishers network could be used to feed ads on WordPress.com, thus creating a system where publishers could monetize their blogs. We all know that Yahoo’s been struggling hard and that sometimes Microsoft or a joint effort of Microsoft and News corp tries to take over it. However, Yahoo has been showing negative signs of selling itself to either of the company. [...]

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:53:00 +0000

Well – hypothetically speaking, Yahoo! cannot ‘take over’ Wordpress. Wordpress is a GPL licensed piece of software. On the other hand, they can take over Automatic. :)

But I get the gist of what you are telling. The same way as why they cannot take over Wordpress, also facilitates Yahoo! to use Wordpress to their advantage (if they find out how).

By: ReviewSaurus

ReviewSaurus — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:10:41 +0000

@ Abhijeet : I just made those points which made sense to me and I’m glad that they are making sense for you too… Well, the idea is to ensure that Matt starts to think on those points too.

@ David : Heh! well, it seems that yahoo isn’t interested much and I’m sure the moment they’ll start thinking on these lines, they’ll get a huge boost and will be able to give tough competition to Google adwords too or adsense (in case of publishers). What do you think ?