MSN wants to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion

Posted at February 1, 2008, in Japanese Search Engines

Microsoft announced it’s offer to acquire Yahoo for $31/share, which is more than 60% higher than Yahoo’s current traded price. Yahoo shows their willingness to consider the offer. If MSN and Yahoo come to the agreement, we may see new search engine-portal site later this year.

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Yahoo Japan’s face lift for the New Year

Posted at January 3, 2008, in Japanese Search Engines

Yahoo Japan entered 2008 with a new home page, which has no category list. Though it has a search box right below the Yahoo Japan logo, it looks that Yahoo Japan is shifting to be more as a portal site than as a search site.

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Submitting the site info to Japanese search engines

Posted at September 24, 2007, in Japanese Search Engines

Where and how to submit the site information to Japanese search engines including Google Japan and Yahoo Japan.

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