Mohan - IBD article on Dell and search engine... Thought people may be slightly interested...*grin*... Heck I thought Dell was a growth stock, then everyone got together and it seemed to be a value stock, now this lot is bent on making it an internet.... crazy I tell ya *smile*...
Regards as always.....
Courtesy rangerw of the TMF board...
boards.fool.com
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Article as follows:
"Dell on Tuesday plans to reveal a pact with a Norwegian company (Fast
Search & Transfer ASA)that is marketing a new Web search service".
"Under the accord, Dell will sell computer servers and related gear to Fast
Search at a discount. In return, Dell's logo will appear on every page called up
using Fast Search. "Users will get information about Dell Products".
Dell's VP of Enterprise systems says "This is a great opportunity, as the web
grows, this is going to be key for us".
"Fast Search plans to sell its service to Web Portals, electronic commerce sites
and companies that put together communities of like-minded Web sites" "These
customers would use Fast Search as an added feature on their Web sites.
Dell is Fast Search's second big partnership with a US firm. Earlier this year, it
provided Lycos Inc. with search engines for finding software and audio files on
the Web. (These are different than the common document files and thus won't
come up sporting a Dell logo).
"If Fast Search signs up even one such customer, Dells logo and ads could reach
millions of eyeballs" per Fast Search president David Burns. "One deal could
mean 25 million page views a day" he said.
"The partnership could be a windfall for Dell" says Barry Parr,an analyst with
International data Corp. in Framingham Mass. "Its an excellent branding
opportunity for Dell if they can pull it off" he said.
"There are few players selling search services" says Danny Sullivan, editor of
research firm, Search Engine Watch in London. "Essentially, you have only one
company doning this (Inktomi), so the market is wide open" he said.
The article has more (its fairly long). I suggest reading the whole article.
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