Kate Morris » AOL http://www.katemorris.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:12:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 AOL+ASK+Yahoo? http://www.katemorris.com/2008/03/aolaskyahoo.html http://www.katemorris.com/2008/03/aolaskyahoo.html#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:10:00 +0000 Kate Morris http://longhornkate.com/?p=44 AOL+ASK+Yahoo? is a post from: Kate Morris

]]> We got a call from AOL marketing services yesterday. Bit of a surprise to me, but then I thought about how many times I’ve heard AOL’s name in the past week and was surprised no longer. From new executives to the acquisition of Bebo, their like 105th acquisition in the past year (I exaggerate), I can see they are on the move.

Then thinking about how Time Warner is planning to spin them off got me thinking. Ask just made a dumb move focusing just on women (I am one and all, but really??), Yahoo is in trouble, and AOL is going psycho.

Humor me for a second. How interesting would this situation be? Ask and AOL merge, which is highly probable according to other industry experts (and AOL’s 106th acquisition), forming the now AOL. I propose another name or something — but with AOL’s base, Ask’s technology, Quigo/Ads.com and AIM/Bebo, they have something there.

Take that company and put that up against the top 3. Now remember that Yahoo is in danger of being bought out. I don’t want that to be Microsoft, so why not merge the new AOL/ASK and Yahoo? Talk about a powerhouse! Ideas, technology, subscribers galore! That is the only way I can see anyone giving Google a run for their money.

AOL+ASK+Yahoo? is a post from: Kate Morris

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