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Yahoo! considering bid offer by Microsoft of $44 billion
Posted on Friday, February 1st, 2008 under blogging, web design news by Dustin Brewer.As I am sure most of you have heard, Microsoft has made an unsolicited offer to Yahoo in the sum of $44 billion.
The Sunnyvale, CA based business started in January of 1994 at Standford University by two graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo. The orginal website was called “Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web.” In April of that same year they renamed the company “Yahoo.”
There are a ton of news articles out there on the topic right now, it is going to be an interesting situation to watch. With Yahoo! and Microsoft struggling against Google in the search arena, anything is possible.
New York Times: An Offer Yahoo Can’t Refuse
TechCrunch: What would a combined Yahoo-Microsoft look like?
Washington Post: Microsoft Offers To Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion
Reuters: Microsoft says Yahoo would help it turn a web profit


It’s a big offer, for something aren’t google…