Overture Renamed Yahoo Search Marketing Solutions
Ian Lurie Mar 2 2005
Yes, it’s true. Overture is changing its name to better reflect its Yahoo! ownership. The implications, for me at least, is that MSN may be moving to their own pay-per-click marketing platform sooner than they’re saying. Why else would Overture rebrand themselves in a way that will clearly ruffle feathers over at Microsoft? I’ll keep track of this and keep everyone apprised…
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Ian Lurie
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Ian Lurie is CEO and founder of Portent Inc. He's recorded training for Lynda.com, writes regularly for the Portent Blog and has been published on AllThingsD, Forbes.com and TechCrunch. Ian speaks at conferences around the world, including SearchLove, MozCon, SIC and ad:Tech. Follow him on Twitter at portentint. He also just published a book about strategy for services businesses: One Trick Ponies Get Shot, available on Kindle. Read More