Yahoo Bought? eBay Next?
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The recent bid from Microsoft on search giant Yahoo was a surprise to most. The bid is sort of a chance for Microsoft to take Yahoo while their down and cheaper. Will the 44 billion dollar bid go through?
With the unexpected bidding going on who’s to say it won’t happen to another faltering internet giant, like eBay. eBay over the past few months isn’t where they want to be. A falling stock and a boring ad campaign have contributed to this problem, but the main reason is the novelty of online bidding has finally started to fizzle. Also, competitors to eBay have started to offer cheaper prices and/or incentives to auction items. eBay has just recently updated their fees, but it’s still not enough.
How does eBay get out of this rut? They’ll either need to innovate in the auctioning field or go expand into newer technologies (eBay auctions on Facebook anyone?). If eBay doesn’t find a way out, they should expect being bought by another company. But who would buy eBay? I’m going to say it will either be Google or Amazon.
What do you think? Leave your opinion in the comments.
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You enjoyed the first, now it’s time for part two:
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