Yahoo to buy Kelkoo

[getvisible]

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just getting the news - what ya'll think?

I'd expect them to remove the "adsense" stuff with their own offering?

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle...0&section=news

[SillyJokes]

Who would have thought they worth so much?

They never once replied to my emails - so what where those 250 people doing all day I ask?

[Aquanuke]

Crazy price - time to start branding your shopping portals!

[Qui Gon Jinn]

Wow, What an interesting development!

[aly]

Amazing given Yahoo's alleged dislike of affiliate sites.
I wonder if their Google positions will stay so predominant now!!
(And also if they will get a boost in the Yahoo based rankings)

Aly

[Qui Gon Jinn]

And also if they will get a boost in the Yahoo based rankings

Maybe that has partially helped already with their PR9

[drivetowin]

Presumably it's part of a plan so that they can compete with Froogle

Amazed that Kelkoo was worth that much though - hope a good number of the employees are shareholders

[Supercod]

Originally posted by SillyJokes
so what where those 250 people doing all day I ask?

Link building to get Google to list its site better maybe (also known as search engine spamming if affiliates do it)

[madeinbritain]

I also wonder with Yahoo buying Kelkoo, Kelkoo will keep it's link on this page,

http://www.google.com/services/sponsored_links.html

The only reason why it ranks well in Google. Wonder how much a pr10 link on Google costs. Yahoo say about £250 million. Wonder how quick that money could be wiped out, because the Kelkoo technology isn't worth 1 million let alone 250