http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/07/24/microsoft-takes-control-of-facebook-search-expands-ad-deal/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/07/24/microsoft-takes-control-of-facebook-search-expands-ad-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-822546 Google buries Digg deal. Marked as a dupe or just lame? » VentureBeat Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:39:39 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=95590#comment-822546 [...] The end of this deal also appears to save the Microsoft/Digg advertising pact. Microsoft and Google have battled numerous times in the advertising sphere, most recently when Microsoft failed to buy Yahoo’s search business (and the company itself) and Google stepped in with its own search advertising deal with Yahoo. Previously, the two had also battled over a deal with Facebook as well. A battle which Microsoft ended up winning and just recently extended to include search functionality and an increased role in advertising. [...] [...] The end of this deal also appears to save the Microsoft/Digg advertising pact. Microsoft and Google have battled numerous times in the advertising sphere, most recently when Microsoft failed to buy Yahoo’s search business (and the company itself) and Google stepped in with its own search advertising deal with Yahoo. Previously, the two had also battled over a deal with Facebook as well. A battle which Microsoft ended up winning and just recently extended to include search functionality and an increased role in advertising. [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/07/24/microsoft-takes-control-of-facebook-search-expands-ad-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-822348 Source: Facebook’s internal valuation is $4 billion. But so what. » VentureBeat Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:35:29 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=95590#comment-822348 [...] In Facebook’s case, there also are other aspects of valuation tied to its preferred stock. Microsoft, for example, gets special advertising and search deal rights with Facebook.Employee stock options, as many of our readers know, give an employee the right to buy company [...] [...] In Facebook’s case, there also are other aspects of valuation tied to its preferred stock. Microsoft, for example, gets special advertising and search deal rights with Facebook.Employee stock options, as many of our readers know, give an employee the right to buy company [...]

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