Comments on: CEO Jerry Yang Stepping Down from a “Stronger” Yahoo – Seriously?

By: Internet Marketing Access

Internet Marketing Access — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:34:43 +0000

The last 18 months have been hell for the company as a whole. No matter who steps in now as CEO during this economic down spiral will have a lot to pick up and try to piece back together to salvage. Internet Marketing Access's last blog post..How To Create An Ebook And Where To Start

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:28:55 +0000

Seriously though who really wants this CEO job right now? Jaan Kanellis's last blog post..President Barack ?Youtube? Obama

By: Saad Kamal

Saad Kamal — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:03:45 +0000

I bet he will miss his $1 pay cheque!! Saad Kamal's last blog post..Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang Decides to Step Down

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:21:42 +0000

I wonder how much of a bonus he will be getting in order to make Yahoo a weaker company. Patrick's last blog post..Nanotechnology Dangerous for Your Health and The Environment?

By: Terry Howard

Terry Howard — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:53:13 +0000

Yang spin or not, all this opens the door is for somebody to step in who will do exactly the thing that has put our economy into the crapper, toss out the fundamentals of running a company for the purpose of making money by providing a useful product or service to consumers in exchange for getting the stock valued by some clueless investment firm so they can sell it off to the first or highest bidder. Yahoo has been successful in some areas, developing and acquiring products that are worthy of competing with Google and in some cases lead the market (Fantasy Football, Flickr, to name a few). They need a business leader who will help them move towards more of that, and focus on regaining the mindshare they once had. Microsoft buying Yahoo will ensure that Google becomes even more dominant. Microsoft has steadily lost marketshare in their dominant markets, the desktop and browsers year to year and in search... come on... they are and always have been the laughing stock of the search industry. Does anyone seriously think MS buying Yahoo is anything but a quick cash payout to investors and the end of Yahoo? If you do, then you have NOT been paying attention. Terry Howard's last blog post..Walmart FAILS Web 2.0

By: Frustrated YHOO shareholder

Frustrated YHOO shareholder — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:47:40 +0000

This statement is almost as incredible as him saying 2 weeks ago that he accomplsihed “most, if not all, of what he set out to day” This man should be in prision forget about keeping his seat on the board. How in the world can this guy spend $72m of shareholder money, to fend off $50b of shareholder money? If this isn’t criminal it should be. To say this move was long overdue is an understatement of the century.

By: Ami Ohayon

Ami Ohayon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:45:46 +0000

You can slice it whichever way you choose, Yahoo definitely isn’t stronger right now.

By: Recession Proof Businesses

Recession Proof Businesses — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:41:15 +0000

I don’t know any company that’s stronger now than they were 18 months ago. Maybe Campbell’s Soup and Walmart.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:25:24 +0000

Is the heat getting to strong in the kitchen? Often times people are in denial so we will have to wait and see how this unfolds.

By: Where Is Yahoo’s Campaign Builder Tool? | The Inside Angle

Where Is Yahoo’s Campaign Builder Tool? | The Inside Angle — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:52:49 +0000

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By: Andrey

Andrey — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:35:35 +0000

It's been almost 18 months since Yang came back as CEO. Maybe what he means is that they weakened when he came back and are stronger now that he's leaving? Andrey's last blog post..An Overview of Link Building

By: Frank Reed

Frank Reed — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:05:20 +0000

Stronger huh? I will need to do some significant head scratching on that one. I guess if you mean in the "We're stronger than Live Search" way maybe that could work. Otherwise I think that Jerry and his fellow Yahoo-ligans are drinking some pretty strong Kool Aid to even think that let alone letting it get to the point of writing it down. Maybe he is trying to rally the troops? Kind of like saying to the folks on the Titanic that "We regret the minor delay, please remain calm and will resume your voyage shortly." Frank Reed's last blog post..SMB's - Solve Your Yellow Pages Problems Today!

By: Sean Maguire

Sean Maguire — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:09:42 +0000

Sure, I’ll weigh in. Dear God – Who does he think he’s kidding? Next thing you know, he’ll say the economy is fundamentally strong.