Yahoo Clouds Overture's Future

Jeeve's Quarterly Report Reveals Anxiety

[martinibuster]

In it's quarterly report [irconnect.com] released today Jeeves mentions their options, revealing their anxieties about dealing with Overture,

Although alternate paid placement providers... are currently available in the market, the paid placement market is consolidating, (for example, Overture Services, Inc. was acquired by Yahoo! Inc. and Espotting Media is merging with FindWhat.com), and we face the risk that we might be unable to negotiate equally advantageous terms with such providers.

And there you have it. Yahoo's dominance is enough to scare the heck out of Jeeves, which is probably the case for other portals and search providers.

The Y! deal was touted as good for Overture's survival but it's having a negative effect on gaining and retaining clients.

[TomWaits]

Ask is attached at the hip to Google, why does their opinion on Overture matter? They have to give lip service to these risks, they're a public company, but they could care less about Overture, then, now, or in the future.

[jimbeetle]

Ask is attached at the hip to Google

What did I miss?

[HughMungus]

The Y! deal was touted as good for Overture's survival but it's having a negative effect on gaining and retaining clients.

How so?