Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!
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@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
This seems like an insanely large purchase. For what gain?
Advertising. They are heavily invested in Bing already.
Then why did they sell off adverstising to AOL a few months ago?
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@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
This seems like an insanely large purchase. For what gain?
Advertising. They are heavily invested in Bing already.
Then why did they sell off adverstising to AOL a few months ago?
That's not a logical question to ask. Selling one product that they didn't feel was making enough money in order to buy another one that they feel has more potential is just normal. That they are both advertising based business units is only the loosest of associations. Combining them in that way makes no logical sense.
Imagine if Microsoft sold one of their software products to another vendor and bought a different one. Would you say "they sold off their software business, why are they buying into software?" Of course not.
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Advertising on AOL, they might as well castrate them selves. The ads on AOLs' site is just at insanely high levels of stupid.
LinkdIn I could see as being a good advertising tool, but I don't really see how they are going to leverage it.
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@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
Advertising on AOL, they might as well castrate them selves. The ads on AOLs' site is just at insanely high levels of stupid.
LinkdIn I could see as being a good advertising tool, but I don't really see how they are going to leverage it.
LinkedIn has a LOT of data in it. There is a ton of Facebook like focused marketing options.
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@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
Advertising on AOL, they might as well castrate them selves. The ads on AOLs' site is just at insanely high levels of stupid.
LinkdIn I could see as being a good advertising tool, but I don't really see how they are going to leverage it.
Not ON AOL, to AOL. MS had their advertising division - and they sold it TO AOL.
I guess to use Scott's example, they could have felt that the current staff/content, etc was crap and instead of trying to fix it, they ditched it.. then turn around and buy a better one.
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@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
Advertising on AOL, they might as well castrate them selves. The ads on AOLs' site is just at insanely high levels of stupid.
LinkdIn I could see as being a good advertising tool, but I don't really see how they are going to leverage it.
Not ON AOL, to AOL. MS had their advertising division - and they sold it TO AOL.
I guess to use Scott's example, they could have felt that the current staff/content, etc was crap and instead of trying to fix it, they ditched it.. then turn around and buy a better one.
Probably far less about staff and far more about platform. Developing a new LinkedIn is probably impossible. Buying the existing one is easy. Fixing a marketing team with no platform is impossible, etc.
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@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
I'd not be surprised if they are not being paid a LOT for that. Is it really HP not HPE?
Actually I have no idea who's making the Windows phone.
Yeah, neither does the general public.
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@ChrisL said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@Dashrender said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
I'd not be surprised if they are not being paid a LOT for that. Is it really HP not HPE?
Actually I have no idea who's making the Windows phone.
Yeah, neither does the general public.
lol - nice, I see what you did there
But for business, not sure it really matters.
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I guess Lynda goes with this. May be integrate with virtual academy?
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I thought windows phone was dead, now it's just Windows 10.
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@DustinB3403 said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
I thought windows phone was dead, now it's just Windows 10.
Yeah, I think the Phone name is dead, but they have Windows Mobile, which is a version of Windows 10 for small devices.
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Twitter is full of hilarious comments, btw. Among the best are the ones like this:
EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella accidentally acquired LinkedIn as he tried to delete his account.https://twitter.com/SirSteven/status/742354404385431552
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Interesting view point from @cakeis_not_alie
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/14/welcome_to_the_microsoftlinkedin_apocalypse/ -
Another post by an MS employee "No one from MS would be applying for jobs via Linkedin now!"
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@Ambarishrh said in Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion!:
Another post by an MS employee "No one from MS would be applying for jobs via Linkedin now!"
Ha ha ha
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