Auf Seite 6 steht, dass der Yahoo/Bing contract am 31. Juli ausläuft. Nun sind diese Verträge zwar generell kurzfristig gestaltet und werden wohl normalerweise immer wieder erneuert. Aber warum wird der nächste Ablauftermin hier erwähnt? Vielleicht nur etwas unglücklich formuliert?
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"Diversify revenues
» Yahoo/Bing contract expires July 31, 2011
» Bring on new ad partners
» Add new products and services and expand sales capabilities to develop direct relationship with advertisers"
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Im letzten Prospectus gibt es Aussagen zu den Verträgen ("short term in nature"):
www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1259550/...89/a58382e424b3.htm
"Two of our advertising partners have provided a substantial portion of our revenue; the loss of either of these partners may have a material adverse effect on our operating results.
Our advertising partner, Yahoo! Inc., represented 45% and 46% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and our advertising partner, SuperMedia Inc. (formerly known as Idearc Media Corp), represented 23% of our total revenue for each of the year ended December 31, 2009 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. It is difficult to predict whether Yahoo! and SuperMedia will continue to represent such a significant portion of our revenue in the future. Additionally, our contracts with each of these advertising partners are generally short term in nature. Upon expiration of these agreements, there can be no assurance that they will be renewed, or, if these agreements are renewed, that we would receive the same or a higher revenue share as we do under the current agreement, or involve the same amount of use of our paid-search services as currently used, or contain the same rights as they currently do, in which case our business and financial results may be harmed. Additionally, there can be no assurance that if we enter into an arrangement with alternative search providers the terms would be as favorable as those under the current Yahoo! and SuperMedia agreements. Even if we were to enter into an arrangement with an alternative search provider with terms as or more favorable than those under the current agreements with Yahoo! and SuperMedia, such arrangements might generate significantly lower search advertising revenues for us if the alternative search provider is not able to generate search advertising revenues as successfully as Yahoo! and SuperMedia currently does."