{"id":642173,"date":"2013-02-13T09:57:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T14:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=216468"},"modified":"2013-02-13T09:57:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T14:57:47","slug":"yahoo-is-not-pleased-with-its-microsoft-search-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/642173","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo Is Not Pleased With Its Microsoft Search Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

That big Yahoo Microsoft search deal is not working as well as Yahoo would like. CEO Marissa Mayer made comments at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday saying as much. Reuters quotes her<\/a>: <\/p>\n

“One of the points of the alliance is that we collectively want to grow share rather than just trading share with each other…”<\/p>\n

“We need to see monetization working better because we know that it can and we’ve seen other competitors in the space illustrate how well it can work.”<\/p>\n

Rumors have existed<\/a> for quite some time, that Yahoo and Microsoft could kill their search deal early, but we’ve heard nothing substantial enough to suggest this is going to happen. However, Yahoo seems to be getting increasingly impatient. <\/p>\n

Yahoo is a different company than it was when it made the deal with Microsoft. Marissa Mayer is the fifth person to hold the CEO position while the deal has been in place (granted, two of them were interim CEOs). It was announced under Carol Bartz<\/a>, and has gone through leadership from Tim Morse, Scott Thompson, Ross Levinsohn, and finally Mayer. <\/p>\n

Mayer is, of course, a former Googler, and has brought other former Googlers along for the ride. Since Mayer has been at Yahoo, the company seems to be closer with Google than any other time in recent memory. In fact, last week, Yahoo announced a new partnership with Google (non-exclusive) for contextual ads<\/a>, which will see Yahoo displaying contextual display ads from Google on various Yahoo properties and \u201ccertain co-branded sites\u201d using Google\u2019s AdSense for Content and AdMob advertising offerings.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy adding Google to our list of world-class contextual ads partners, we\u2019ll be able to expand our network, which means we can serve users with ads that are even more meaningful,\u201d said Yahoo in its announcement. \u201cFor our users, there won\u2019t be a noticeable difference in how or where ads appear. More options simply mean greater flexibility. We look forward to working with all of our contextual ads partners to ensure we\u2019re delivering the right ad to the right user at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

We asked Microsoft’s Stefan Weitz about Google and Yahoo’s partnership last week, when we spoke with him about Microsoft’s new “Scroogled” campaign<\/a>. The only comment he offered on the subject, was \u201cI\u2019d say I wonder how Google is using the content [of] your private communications in Gmail to serve ads in other places.”<\/p>\n

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt recently expressed interest<\/a> in partnering with Yahoo, years after the two companies tried to partner on a similar search deal to what Yahoo has with Microsoft. The partnership never happened thanks to the threat of regulation, so Yahoo settled for Bing, which regulators did not have a problem with. <\/p>\n

Since all of that, Google has cleared some significant regulatory hurdles (though it faces others). Last month, the company settled with the Federal Trade Commission<\/a>, which found that Google’s search practices did not violate antitrust law. <\/p>\n

A couple weeks ago, Yahoo released its earnings report for Q4 and the full year 2012<\/a>. The report was better than many analysts had expected, and this was helped significantly by better-than-expected search performance<\/a>. Mayer made some comments during the company’s earnings call, indicating that search is a major priority at Yahoo. Wired quoted her<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cOverall in search, it\u2019s a key area of investment for us,\u201d Mayer said. \u201cWe need to invest in a lot of interface improvements. All of the innovations in search are going to happen at the user interface level moving forward and we need to invest in those features both on the desktop and on mobile and I think both ultimately will be key plays for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a big investment we want to make and a big push on search. We have lost some share in recent years and we\u2019d like to regain some of that share and we have some ideas as to how.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was interesting to see this emphasis put on search, but still on the front end, which would seem to imply that Yahoo is happy to continue outsourcing the back end. It makes you wonder what Mayer’s thinking, particularly if she’s not happy with the Microsoft\/Yahoo deal performance. <\/p>\n

Last week, reports emerged that Russian search engine Yandex has surpassed Bing in global search queries<\/a>, though as Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land notes<\/a>, Bing is still well head of Yandex in unique searchers. <\/p>\n

Recent research from RKG<\/a> has indicated that the Yahoo Bing Network continues to take away market share from Google, as Bing recently pointed out to us, noting that Bing Ads have gained paid search spend share from Google four quarters in a row. <\/p>\n

Obviously it’s not benefiting Yahoo to the extent the company would like. <\/p>\n

Microsoft did tell us about some new ad formats that it will be launching this year, such as Google-like product listing ads<\/a> and click-to-call ads with Skype integration<\/a>. Both formats have proven popular with Google advertisers, and the Yahoo Bing Network continues to strive to emulate Google’s success. <\/p>\n

David Pann, GM of Microsoft’s Search Network tells us that advertisers come over to the Yahoo Bing Network with the mentality of “It performs well over there [Google], so it will here too.” <\/p>\n

Will Yahoo and Microsoft’s Search Alliance stay in place? How long will Yahoo remain patient? <\/p>\n

This is not the first time we’ve seen Yahoo speak publicly about dissatisfaction with Microsoft<\/a> in recent memory. Regarding IE 10′s “Do Not Track” default, Yahoo recently slammed Microsoft saying that the company’s move “degrades the experience for the majority of users and makes it hard to deliver our value proposition to them.” <\/p>\n

That was not an off the cuff remark. That was an official blog post<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Today, Yahoo announced that it has expanded its display advertising partnership<\/a> with Microsoft and AOL into Canada. <\/p>\n

Image: Google Talks Archive (YouTube)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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