Comments on: Yahoo! Post Mortem…A Bit Premature?

By: Nobby

Nobby — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:16:05 +0000

Yahoo! Helped Jail another Chinese Cyberdissident

Headlines like these have revererated around the world (although curiously not making your top 5 mistakes by yahoo).

“Reporters Without Borders today condemned the US firm Yahoo! for handing over data on one of its users in China which enabled the authorities there to send him to prison for eight years, the second such case that has come to light in recent months.”

So Yahoo proves in one that cosying up to the Chinese Govt and making money is more important than getting your supporters locked up in prison. Sounds like a number one mistake to end all mistakes to me!

http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2006/02/yahoo_helped_ja.h tml

By: galin

galin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:04:17 +0000

I remember the time when Yahoo was the winner. Once they finished developing new tools and ideas, Yahoo got a loser. There is no way to success without changes, moderations and other innovations.

By: Accredited Online Universites

Accredited Online Universites — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:34:31 +0000

Just do not get forget about those days when Yahoo was on Top, but than they stop implementing innovative ideas & just start copying others. You just can survive in market without innovation. Yahoo still have good share with web search they just need Injection of New Blood.

By: PS3

PS3 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:15:50 +0000

I can’t imagine things will be wildly different in a year than they are now. Google still at the top of the pile and everyone else, including Yahoo, treading water.

By: Brian S.

Brian S. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:48:03 +0000

Several years back, I was a member of the Adcraft Club in Detroit. One year, they hosted a visit of Jerry Yang of Yahoo. He was here to discuss the now and future of Yahoo. At that time, Paypal was still independent, but becoming a growing force in its right. More important, it had Ebay’s number. It was THE dominate payment choice (3 out of 4) on Ebay, the biggest non-ad dependent success on the web. I wanted to ask Jerry if it had plans to buy ebay. The logic is simple: Paypal’s revenue was non-ad-related, and growing by leaps and bounds. To own Paypal, would mean owning Ebay too. So I stood up and asked him point blank in a room full of people. Funny thing, the looks I got from asking the question were as if I had broken some cardinal rule, as in “how dare you ask the king that”?. His response was it wasn’t part of Yahoo’s plan. That was the moment that my un-challendged respect for Yahoo and it founders changed – forever. It is their business to have that acquisition on their radar and a part of their plan for growth, if not survival. The fact that yahoo ‘accidentally’ erased the contents of my email account years later, with years of messages, ideas, etc. stored within didn’t help either. Could their be a connection????????????

By: Brian S.

Brian S. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:45:44 +0000

Several years back, I was a member of the Adcraft Club in Detroit. One year, they hosted a visit of Jerry Yang of Yahoo. He was here to discuss the now and future of Yahoo. At that time, Ebay was still independent, but becoming a growing force in its right. More important, it had Ebay’s number. It was THE dominate payment choice (3 out of 4) on Ebay, the biggest non-ad dependent success on the web. I wanted to ask Jerry if it had plans to buy ebay. The logic is simple: Paypal’s revenue was non-ad-related, and growing by leaps and bounds. To own Paypal, would mean owning Ebay too. So I stood up and asked him point blank in a room full of people. Funny thing, the looks I got from asking the question were as if I had broken some cardinal rule, as in “how dare you ask the king that”?. His response was it wasn’t part of Yahoo’s plan. That was the moment that my un-challendged respect for Yahoo and it founders changed – forever. It is their business to have that acquisition on their radar and a part of their plan for growth, if not survival. The fact that yahoo ‘accidentally’ erased the contents of my email account years later, with years of messages, ideas, etc. stored within didn’t help either. Could their be a connection????????????

By: David Hobson

David Hobson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:46:58 +0000

Nicole your probably correct i cant see it being too long. Good post by the way. David Hobson's last blog post..Seo Black Hat Secret Tips Revealed - Seo Black Hat Tricks Never Revealed Before!

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:10:40 +0000

Yahoo will end up in Microsoft's pockets very soon. Nicole Price's last blog post..The Best Recipe Sites

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:11:21 +0000

Unfinished projects are never good for morale, especially for developers. When you put your heart and soul into a project and it justu dies, it really hurts. It can also make the developers care less about further projects. Not the way to run a business. Patrick's last blog post..UN Worried About Asia’s Brown Soot Cloud Problem

By: elguiri

elguiri — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:40:38 +0000

Lots of bad plays, and Jerry Yang’s appeal to Microsoft (“Just buy us”) was the nail in his coffin; does he really have no new ideas or ambitions? However people forget just how big Yahoo is, and that search is perhaps not their biggest asset. See interesting article at adage http://snurl.com/5wkhc.

Still, search space needs more competition.