<This roundup of Yahoo/Google/Microsoft-related articles was created for callers into a Collins Stewart investor call where I was one of the Industry Experts voicing opinions.>
Susan Decker (Yahoo president) interview:
Yang blog post:
http://ycorpblog.com/2008/05/04/ok-so-now-what/
Yahoo AMP press release:
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=303352
Yahoo AMP demo:
http://advertising.yahoo.com/amp/
Ballmer letter:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-03letter.mspx
Kevin Lee’s analysis of Ballmer’s letter in Clickz:
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3629426
Business Week on Microsoft’s ad straategy:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_20/b4084036492860.htm
Business Times:
Silicon Valley Insider:
NYT:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/how-googles-checkbook-stymied-microsoft/index.html
Frank Watson’s take on Microsoft’s decision:
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=sew_experts/sem_crossfire