Comments on: Yahoo Leaks Continue; Why Doesn’t this Happen to Google?

By: Özel Ders

Özel Ders — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:04:35 +0000

I believe the biggest reason is that google employees are a lot more loyal to their companies..

By: Carl Lrac

Carl Lrac — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:29:20 +0000

I agree with Scobleizer. I think the corporations do this so that it looks like a leak, but indeed is not.

By: kelvin newman

kelvin newman — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:13:12 +0000

Yeah if they don’t fear the repecussions it’s always going to be a problem

By: Aaron Shear

Aaron Shear — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:09:04 +0000

Many companies are now enforcing a no forward rule within their corp email announcements. It make employees think twice about copying the contents and sending it out.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:15:52 +0000

Well bullying is certainly one approach.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:09:37 +0000

Actually, after reading the steve jobs biography ‘icon’ over xmas – Apple had quite a few issues with press leaks etc. especially when decisions coming from the top disgruntled employees. Jobs had a corporate culture where everyone bent to his will, which meant he invariably pissed some people off. When Jobs made his big return to Apple it was one of the things he had to really invest time into controlling. From memory he basically banned all employees from talking to any reporters period, with harsh repercussions if they were caught. I got the impression he bullied people, would it be the same at Google or are they more loyal?

By: pn

pn — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:56:11 +0000

any email that is sent companywide is intended for “leaking.” anyone thinking otherwise is living in the darkages.

By: Why does Yahoo leak? « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger

Why does Yahoo leak? « Scobleizer - Tech Geek Blogger — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:51:04 +0000

[...] Why does Yahoo leak? Andy Beal asks why Yahoo leaks when Google doesn’t. [...]

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:03:57 +0000

Agreed Jason. That’s what I’m getting at – it just feels like Yahoo needs to fix the culture first.

By: Jason Schramm

Jason Schramm — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:58:01 +0000

Maybe Google doesn’t send out damaging corporate-wide memos? Or their stock is doing well enough for them to keep the news to themselves. It’s all about the corporate culture; another reason that you don’t find many leaks from Apple.