Comments on: Google’s Sells Its 5% Share Of AOL & Loses Over $700 Million In The Process http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/27/googles-sells-its-5-share-of-aol-loses-700-million-in-the-process/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DotWTF.com http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/27/googles-sells-its-5-share-of-aol-loses-700-million-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17110 DotWTF.com Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:46:17 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4552#comment-17110 Excellent post FX nothing else needs to be said. Again IMO OH! You're my new favorite blogger fyi Excellent post FX nothing else needs to be said. Again IMO
OH! You’re my new favorite blogger fyi

]]> By: DotWTF.com http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/27/googles-sells-its-5-share-of-aol-loses-700-million-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17107 DotWTF.com Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:13:40 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4552#comment-17107 Excellent post FX nothing else needs to be said. Again IMO Excellent post FX nothing else needs to be said. Again IMO

]]> By: FX http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/27/googles-sells-its-5-share-of-aol-loses-700-million-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17106 FX Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:03:13 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4552#comment-17106 AOL was one of the smartest moves Google ever made, next to applied semantics purchase. While in 2002 AOL was already in decline mode, it still had the highest quality of search traffic online. No other source ever came close and will probably never will. Think about it, not only did ALL your users (20m+ users) have a credit card, but they have all made a purchase online ... and majority are in the US. Where else can you find a source similar to this one in today's world? In 2002 AOL still controlled maybe 15-20% of US search traffic. AOL was also the largest syndication partner that Google stole from Yahoo. Snatching AOL from Yahoo has been said many times how it helped Google win search ad game from Yahoo. I will gladly lose $700m over 7 years to make tens of billions in return. AOL was one of the smartest moves Google ever made, next to applied semantics purchase. While in 2002 AOL was already in decline mode, it still had the highest quality of search traffic online. No other source ever came close and will probably never will. Think about it, not only did ALL your users (20m+ users) have a credit card, but they have all made a purchase online … and majority are in the US. Where else can you find a source similar to this one in today’s world? In 2002 AOL still controlled maybe 15-20% of US search traffic. AOL was also the largest syndication partner that Google stole from Yahoo. Snatching AOL from Yahoo has been said many times how it helped Google win search ad game from Yahoo.

I will gladly lose $700m over 7 years to make tens of billions in return.

]]> By: jp http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/27/googles-sells-its-5-share-of-aol-loses-700-million-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17105 jp Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:02:13 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4552#comment-17105 Mike, did you change the title of the post? If so I like the new one? Mike, did you change the title of the post? If so I like the new one?

]]> By: Rob Sequin http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/27/googles-sells-its-5-share-of-aol-loses-700-million-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17100 Rob Sequin Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:14:35 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4552#comment-17100 Yikes. About 25 cents on the dollar??? Google can certainly afford to hang on to their investment. Why would they sell for such a cheap price? Oh right, AOL sucks. I think Google found that out first hand and must be comfortable getting 25 cents on the dollar because the value is only going down further from here. The only person who ever made any money on AOL was Steve Case and some speculative buyers pre-2001. Other than that anyone who touched AOL has been burnt. Am I wrong? What a joke. Yikes. About 25 cents on the dollar???

Google can certainly afford to hang on to their investment.

Why would they sell for such a cheap price?

Oh right, AOL sucks.

I think Google found that out first hand and must be comfortable getting 25 cents on the dollar because the value is only going down further from here.

The only person who ever made any money on AOL was Steve Case and some speculative buyers pre-2001. Other than that anyone who touched AOL has been burnt.

Am I wrong?

What a joke.

]]> By: MHB http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/27/googles-sells-its-5-share-of-aol-loses-700-million-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17099 MHB Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:57:03 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4552#comment-17099 Rob Google paid $1 Billion for its 5% share. http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/twaol_expanded.html Nice return. Rob

Google paid $1 Billion for its 5% share.

http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/twaol_expanded.html

Nice return.

]]> By: Rob Sequin http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/27/googles-sells-its-5-share-of-aol-loses-700-million-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17098 Rob Sequin Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:54:49 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4552#comment-17098 What did Google originally pay for that 5%? And, what's up with Time Warner? They have $283million they don't need. AOL sucks, has sucked and will continue to suck until it is a bankrupt company? Time Warner is going to be VERY surprised when they try to spin off AOL. NO ONE WANTS AOL. I have no idea how it's a $5billion "web advertising" company. What a joke. What did Google originally pay for that 5%?

And, what’s up with Time Warner? They have $283million they don’t need.

AOL sucks, has sucked and will continue to suck until it is a bankrupt company?

Time Warner is going to be VERY surprised when they try to spin off AOL.

NO ONE WANTS AOL. I have no idea how it’s a $5billion “web advertising” company. What a joke.

]]> By: jp http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/27/googles-sells-its-5-share-of-aol-loses-700-million-in-the-process/comment-page-1/#comment-17096 jp Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:10:40 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4552#comment-17096 I suppose google needed the $283 Million more than it needed 5% of AOL. I wonder what will happen with the search relationship between aol and google. When I check my web stats on my sites, alot of my search traffic comes from aol/google. I suppose google needed the $283 Million more than it needed 5% of AOL. I wonder what will happen with the search relationship between aol and google. When I check my web stats on my sites, alot of my search traffic comes from aol/google.

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