Microsoft Said To Be Mulling Purchase Of Claria

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited July 2005 in Science & Tech
Microsoft is in discussions to buy controversial adware maker Claria, sources say, in a move to own an advertising network to compete with rivals Google and Yahoo.
Strategically, a buyout would give MSN several key assets. First, the Internet portal would acquire an advertising network that sells and targets promotions to people outside the MSN Network--holdings that rivals Google, Yahoo and America Online already own. As online ad sales grow by more than 30 percent annually, that is increasingly important.
Source: News.com

Comments

  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    Hmmm... guess what MS Anti-Spyware won't be blocking if that deal goes through... :shakehead
  • DoodleyDooodle
    edited July 2005
    well, I guess symantec will have a ball with this one.
  • Unregistered
    edited July 2005
    life it´s too short for so nasty bussiness, MS must just bring good services clean and TRANSPARENT
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