6683 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>It generated a 20% increase in the key metric of revenues per search, while its display ad offering – the subject of serious investment by the company this year – saw revenue growth jump to <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67df7e98-7c33-11dc-be7e-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html">“nearly 20%”</a> after five quarters of deceleration.</p> <p>The company said <a href="http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/YHOO/165463777x0x137473/fa47ff82-92f7-448f-8e28-2a66f8abd5df/YHOO_Q3FY07PRFinal.pdf">the figures (pdf)</a> showed that its restructuring, recent acquisitions and new search ad system, <a href="/blog/907-panama-early-results-show-promise">Panama</a>, were starting to pay off.</p> <p>But its net profit was down 5% to $151.3m and ad revenues from its third party publishing partners dropped 1%, despite <a href="/blog/1500-yahoo-finalises-right-media-buyout">efforts</a> to increase the reach of its search and display ad networks.</p> <p>American Technology Research analyst Rob Sanderson summed it nicely to <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hgyrPltyKiJQEDe-VzKGbBOAnmygD8SAOMCG0">AP</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p> <em>“Things certainly seem to be moving in the right direction. Now the question is can they string a few quarters like this in a row?”</em> </p> </blockquote> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>It generated a 20% increase in the key metric of revenues per search, while its display ad offering – the subject of serious investment by the company this year – saw revenue growth jump to <Link URL="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67df7e98-7c33-11dc-be7e-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html" Window="Self">“nearly 20%”</Link> after five quarters of deceleration.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>The company said <Link URL="http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/YHOO/165463777x0x137473/fa47ff82-92f7-448f-8e28-2a66f8abd5df/YHOO_Q3FY07PRFinal.pdf" Window="Self">the figures (pdf)</Link> showed that its restructuring, recent acquisitions and new search ad system, <Link URL="/blog/907-panama-early-results-show-promise" Window="Self">Panama</Link>, were starting to pay off.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>But its net profit was down 5% to $151.3m and ad revenues from its third party publishing partners dropped 1%, despite <Link URL="/blog/1500-yahoo-finalises-right-media-buyout" Window="Self">efforts</Link> to increase the reach of its search and display ad networks.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>American Technology Research analyst Rob Sanderson summed it nicely to <Link URL="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hgyrPltyKiJQEDe-VzKGbBOAnmygD8SAOMCG0" Window="Self">AP</Link>:</Paragraph> <Block> <Paragraph> <Quote>“Things certainly seem to be moving in the right direction. Now the question is can they string a few quarters like this in a row?”</Quote> </Paragraph> </Block> </FormattedContent> 2007-10-17T11:06:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Yahoo! gave some cheer to fickle stock market investors after announcing better-than-expected third quarter figures last night.</strong> </p> <p>The web company’s shares jumped 10% after it posted a 12% increase in revenues to $1.77bn and had some good news to report from both its search and display ad businesses.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Yahoo! gave some cheer to fickle stock market investors after announcing better-than-expected third quarter figures last night.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>The web company’s shares jumped 10% after it posted a 12% increase in revenues to $1.77bn and had some good news to report from both its search and display ad businesses.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1849 364420 Yahoo! Q3 figures please investors false 2007-10-17T11:06:00+01:00 yahoo-q3-figures-please-investors 2009-04-28T22:59:57+01:00 2009-04-28T22:59:57+01:00 101