Comments on: AOL for Sale?

By: The San Diego Million Dollar Webpage - Own a part of the internet!

The San Diego Million Dollar Webpage - Own a part of the internet! — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:06:20 +0000

[...] In an earlier post, I predicted that MSFT would win a deal with AOL (or buy it outright). Looks like I was wrong–Google appears to have emerged as the victor, as the NYTimes, among others, now reports. According to Saul Hansell’s article, Time Warner will announce tomorrow that AOL will renew its three-year old partnership defining how Google powers AOL’s search functionality. [...]

By: Phentermine

Phentermine — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:22:24 +0000

Nice design, good graphical content. I think I’ll come back later again;)

By: Sopoq

Sopoq — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 05:17:48 +0000

Good job.

By: Dan Grossman

Dan Grossman — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:24:14 +0000

Nivi,

I suppose the sort of AOL-Google partnership you describe could work, but given Google’s sensitivity to culture (think about their hiring process, which is notoriously rigorous, even for junior positions) I think it is a longshot.

Dan

By: Nivi

Nivi — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:57:54 +0000

Regarding cultural differences, could AOL be run essentially as a seperate business entity for now with a few orders like “use Google search” and “interoperate with GTalk”? Why integrate other than for financial reporting and compliance with laws? Yes there are lots of issues but could this work?

As far as comps go: EBay just dropped $4B on a pretty small IM network when you compare it to AOL’s. This is no reason to do a deal but it does show you what people will pay for these networks. These networks are worth a lot because they are closed. Although Google is commited to an open IM network, the GTalk-AIM network will be effectively closed because there will be no one left to federate with.

By: Kevin Burton's Feed Blog

Kevin Burton's Feed Blog — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Is AOL for Sale? I don’t know but plenty of speculation is happening. I hope Microsoft buys AOL. This would be the last nail in their coffin (and it couldn’t have happened to a worse company). Merging with Google would destroy the company. Google should just stay