The saga continues. It’s been over a week since Google and Yahoo announced their advertising partnership, and the news is still sending ripples everywhere. New York Times admonished Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang for choosing to “become a pawn of the most dominant company on the Internet”, while Tim O’Reilly defended Yahoo!’s move as a smart way to lose deadweight and focus on what they do best. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington warned about the dangers of a Google monopoly and continues to note the ever-increasing number of top Yahoo! executives jumping ship (114 execs as of last count).
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