IAC Reups with google

[Brett_Tabke]

[smartmoney.com...]

it has extended a deal with Google Inc. GOOG) to provide search advertising on its Internet properties, primarily the Ask.com search engine.

IAC Chief Executive Barry Diller said in a briefing Monday that the Google deal is worth in excess of $3.5 billion to IAC. The prior Google deal was slated to expire at the of the year.

[walkman]

Plus, it inoculates them against a penalty for all the interlinking. Yes, they are separate and in theory one should affect the other, but when a $3.5 B client calls wondering about a drop in rank, the CEO gets involved.

[davec]

Great news for ask, bet they were starting to get a little bit worried, haven't they been trying to resign since last February?