Here Comes MSN

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NY Times article out today

4:01 pm on Sep 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

It looks like AdSense and YPN will have new competition in 2006 from Microsoft:

Quote: "Microsoft also expects to use its new system to sell ads on other Web sites, just as Yahoo and Google do with their systems."

4:52 pm on Sep 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

Yep, I wouldn't count them out. Microsoft has come from behind many times to win.

5:25 pm on Sep 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

When they can't win they just give it away to kill off legitimate companies making an honest living.

Don't get me stated...

10:20 pm on Sep 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

oops, don't get me STARTED... heh

10:37 pm on Sep 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

FIRST - They have to create their own PPC system - WORLDWIDE.

This alone is going to take a couple of years unless all they will have is institutional ads.

SECOND - They have to compete with Yahoo for the bottom end of AdSense sites as those of us that are happy with the current system will not change.

THIRD - They have to get over the natural dislike of MS that many webmasters have.

I don't see them being any kind of a major player for quite a few years.

That said, competition is always good.