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Yahoo Makes Overture Worth £1bn
News Yahoo announced on Monday that it plans to buy search firm Overture Services in a $1.63bn (£1bn) deal, in a move squarely aimed at taking on competitors in the search-engine market. The deal calls for each share of Overture stock to be exchanged...
[July 14, 2003, 14:29]
Yahoo's Overture May Force Microsoft's Hand
News Yahoo's $1.63bn buyout of Overture Services signals a dramatic shake-up of the Web search market that could wake a sleeping giant: Microsoft. Yahoo announced it would dive into paid-search business head first by acquiring the industry's pioneer and...
[July 15, 2003, 8:22]
Overture, Google Win Yahoo! Berths
News Overture said it will begin to syndicate its pay-for-performance advertising links through Yahoo! Overture currently dominates this market, with revenue of $172.7m (£112) in the most recent quarter thanks in large part to partnerships with Yahoo...
[November 18, 2002, 16:33]
Paid Search Boosts Yahoo Revenue
News Nearly one fifth of Yahoo's overall first-quarter revenue grew out of its partnership with Overture Services, a provider of paid search listings, the Web portal disclosed in a securities filing on Thursday.
[May 16, 2003, 9:40]
Lycos Upset Over Yahoo Acquisition
News Web portal Lycos has filed a lawsuit against Overture Services on the grounds that the search provider violated the provisions of a commercial search contract between them when it agreed to be acquired by Yahoo.
[November 5, 2003, 11:35]
Yahoo! Adopts Paid Search Listings
News The portal will feature Overture's top five for-fee listings in a clearly marked section separate from the results retrieved by Google, Yahoo! By partnering with Overture, Yahoo! will either begin to sell its own directory placements or continue...
[November 14, 2001, 15:24]
AOL Signs Up Google
News However, Mastin said that based on Overture's new fiscal 2002 projections it's likely that "the economics of the Yahoo! But Overture stressed that it still expects to see a strong quarter because of its recent deal with Yahoo!
[May 1, 2002, 15:49]
Yahoo Celebrates Ongoing Recovery
News Yahoo on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, helped by its paid-search partnership with Overture Services and signs that online advertising is improving. Yahoo executives would not break out what percentage...
[October 9, 2003, 16:20]
Yahoo! Tests New Search Layout
News He said that the percentage boost to Overture earnings could be between 2.5 percent to 9 percent, given that Yahoo! is testing a new layout for search results that packs more paid listings onto a page, a move that could increase its revenues and...
[February 5, 2003, 8:13]
Patents Crucial In Search Battle
News With the Web portal's proposed $1.63bn buyout of commercial search specialist Overture Services on Monday, Yahoo would acquire 60-plus patents related to technology and processes for indexing the Web, as well as for pay-per-click and bidding...
[July 18, 2003, 12:52]
Overture To Buy AltaVista
News Overture plans to license the technology to its customers, which include Yahoo! Overture Services plans to acquire search technology company AltaVista for $140m, or about £85m, in cash and stock, the latest sign of consolidation in the resurgent...
[February 19, 2003, 8:18]
Yahoo Embracing Web Services
News In addition, Yahoo will shed the Overture Services brand roughly 20 months after Yahoo agreed to pay $1.63bn (£850m) for the commercial search pioneer. By changing Overture's name, Yahoo will try to strengthen its own brand among marketers.
[March 1, 2005, 8:35]
Microsoft Sends Bot To Search Web
News Although an MSN spokeswoman said the company plans to maintain its Overture relationship, she was ambiguous about the future of its relationship with Inktomi, now a subsidiary of portal rival Yahoo. Commercial search engine Overture has also...
[June 19, 2003, 10:17]
T-Online Dumps Overture For Google
News Overture, which licensed sponsored search and Fast's algorithmic Web search to T-Online, is expected to be acquired by Yahoo later this year in a deal valued at $1.7bn (£1.06bn). The abrupt customer change is part of a heated and ongoing contest...
[August 13, 2003, 10:05]
T-Online Ordered To Revive Overture Deal
News T-Online, which operates services in Germany, Austria, Spain, France and Switzerland, said the move was in reaction to Yahoo's proposed $1.7bn (£1.08bn) acquisition of Overture. Overture in particular has helped partners such as Yahoo and Microsoft...
[September 3, 2003, 16:20]
Yahoo Bids Farewell To Google Search
News Yahoo replaced Google's results with its own Yahoo Search Technology, which combines an array of recently acquired search technologies, such as Inktomi and commercial search provider Overture Services.
[February 18, 2004, 7:10]
Internet Search Rings In The Changes
News s directory "a waste of time," given that 95 percent of his site's traffic comes from pay-per-click advertising in search networks Overture and Google. s deal with Overture has helped it achieve three consecutive quarters of profitability and has...
[March 24, 2003, 15:27]
Web Search For Cash Brings Results
News Though the Overture and Yahoo! All eyes were on Overture for answers, given its recent acquisitions of Web search technology from CMGI-owned AltaVista and Norway-based Fast Search & Transfer, dramatically changing the balance of power in the search...
[March 6, 2003, 10:00]
Yahoo Results Astound Analysts
News TAC is the amount of money Yahoo subsidiary Overture Services pays its distribution partners, such as Microsoft's MSN, to host its commercial search results. Overture charges advertisers a price every time someone clicks on the link, and then gives...
[April 8, 2004, 8:55]
Yahoo Chief Floats Ad-free Future
News Yahoo in 2003 generated $1.6bn in revenue, its most ever, largely from the growth of commercial search through Overture. The company has also profited from paid search listings through its acquisition of Overture Services.
[February 26, 2004, 8:00]
