… the grass gets rich. Microsoft takes on Aquantive — owners of the Atlas ad server and interactive agency Ave.A/Razorfish. Obvious that Billg is not conceding nothing to Google in the war for advertising. This, on the heels of 24/7 going, means the ad server industry just went away and has been consumed by the mammoths. I’ll predict MSFT next buys Yahoo — by December.
Then comes the Valleywag rumor that Google is looking at spending $100 million for Feedburner. Interesting move on their part — makes sense, and checks off the RSS advertising box in one neat swoop. Any blogger with half a brain launders their feeds through Feedburner — their stats are solid and they provide the strongest insight into RSS traffic of anyone. Add that to Google Analytics and … (I’m getting tired of being a Google Gusher)
How does that saying go…”I for one welcome our Google overlords…”