Comments on: Yahoo to Break Open

By: Antonio Carlos

Antonio Carlos — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:26:24 +0000

Hi, everybody!

I don’t want to be in the pessimistic side here but I want to warn you that Yahoo now is Microsoft and it is going to be the all-seeing-eye for MS on behalf of their new OS. Control is the name of the game. Intrigue? Be patient. Wait and see!

By: SEOish » » Week in Gadgets, Widgets, and Apps - Sept 13

SEOish » » Week in Gadgets, Widgets, and Apps - Sept 13 — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:57:07 +0000

[...] Yahoo widgets and the Businessweek article, but Jordan at MarketingPilgrim already did so in a more timely manner yesterday and the only thing I have to add to her coverage is to basically point out what a great opportunity [...]

By: Webmaster Money

Webmaster Money — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:30:50 +0000

I dont like Yahoo free mail service… there is so much SPAM and you cannot even filter it properly… but you can pay and get better Antispam which you get somewhere else for free. Anyway I belive Yahoo has still future and it is needed to compete with Google.

By: Music Software

Music Software — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:32:35 +0000

Sounds like the right way to go. Personalization is the key to holding on to user base. And great news for the small applications and widgets developers.

By: William

William — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:19:03 +0000

Everybody now will embed third-party apps into their sites. It’s really great for service developers because it means free user base and promotion.

By: Bushido

Bushido — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:11:57 +0000

I think it’s a great idea! Way to go Yahoo! Finally willing to “do what it takes”. Loved this by the way: “we are going to take more risks”. Go for it!!

By: Jeremy Zawodny

Jeremy Zawodny — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:24:42 +0000

As I note here: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/009490.html

We *did not* release the source code to Yahoo! Mail.

By: ResourceShelf » Briefs: CustomizeGoogle Online With New Release of Firefox App

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:44:48 +0000

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By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:28:54 +0000

Yahoo day indeed.

I think this is a good move for them. Time and time again it’s been seen that opening your business up to let outside developers improve your product is a good idea. It generally leads to an improved product and also builds a community around you that will champion your business.

The virus attacks are a concern, but those are going to be concerns no matter. I think the potential good here outweighs the bad.