[recalibrator]

Yahoo and Alibaba aren't a good fit. Yahoo is a bottom-feeder online entertainment company (nobody still uses their search, do they?) and Alibaba is a global marketplace for manufacturers. This union doesn't make sense from a brand identity standpoint.

[gchokov]

But it makes sense from money standpoint :) A lot of companies like Yahoo need cash cows to support various initiatives that do not have a return for quite some time.

[QuantumGood]

Yahoo's actual share is 9.8%, its lowest ever

http://www.businessinsider.com/search-market-share-2014-7