[T Pat]

MSN lost less ground to Google than Yahoo last year and when they stop useing Yahoos search results and go live with their version of Googles Adsense in June I think Yahoo will lose more ground. I wouldn't be surprised to see their new version of Internet Explorer launched this summer either.
When you add MSN Video and MSN TV together it makes MSN #1 in Online Broadcast Media and I can only see Online Broadcast Media getting more popular.
As Danger Dave said "they ain't no Google" I can't imagine them ever catching up to google, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for their stock to go up in value.
So to answer your question Tommy I think MSN would be a good investment.

Share of Online Searches Total U.S. Home, Work and University Internet Users

Nov 2004%
Nov 2005%
Point Change+/-

Total Internet Population
100
100
0

Google Sites
34.6
39.8
+5.2

Yahoo! Sites
32.0
29.5
-2.5

MSN-Microsoft Sites
16.0
14.2
-1.8

Time Warner Network
9.1
8.7
-0.4

Ask Jeeves
5.5
6.5
+1.0

Source: comScore qSearch, November 2005


Friday, January 13, 2006

Top 10 Online Broadcast Media Destinations Week ending December 18, 2005 US, Home and Work

Brand or Channel
Unique Audience (000)
Active Reach (%)

CBS
4,006
3.1

MSN Video
3,862
2.99

AOL Television
3,734
2.89

Yahoo! TV
3,131
2.43

BBC
2,962
2.3

Clear Channel Communications
2,835
2.2

NBC Universal
2,812
2.18

MSN TV
2,200
1.71

TV.com
1,672
1.3

Gannett Broadcasting
1,623
1.26

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView