Comments on: Yahoo: The Parts of Its Sum?

By: Give Yahoo a chance - Top Stocks

Give Yahoo a chance - Top Stocks — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:47:21 +0000

[...] of yet another executive.The media is piling on Yahoo a bit this week. Kara Swisher at BoomTown writes about a Sanford Bernstein report suggesting that Yahoo drop its conservative business approach and start [...]

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:51:09 +0000

Mac:

The email improvements I was referring to were in the presentation that Yang made at CES and were far different than the recent upgrade of Yahoo’s email.

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:50:03 +0000

Tom:

Great ideas. More partnerships are a requirement for Yahoo going forward.

By: Mac Beach

Mac Beach — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:19:50 +0000

I can’t imagine Yahoo re-claiming its former importance. They’ll get merged into something, just like so many things of the past got merged into them. Like Flickr or Geocities have retained their name within the Yahoo empire, Yahoo will probably retain its name as part of some new empire. At that time, if not before then, the 90 percent of Yahoo functionality that most people have never heard of will be slashed away.

They shoulda slimmed down a long time ago. Coulda, shoulda, woulda.

And what’s with this “they need to improve e-mail” thing? Walt gave them a glorious review just a few months ago. (I can’t imagine WHY, but he did). Their e-mail first drove me away, and none of the “improvements” have tempted me back.

By: Tom Donohue

Tom Donohue — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:45:59 +0000

I agree with those who think that Yahoo is in danger of being left behind. Its competitors are on the move. On Tuesday morning, Google and Clearwire announced a deal to work collaboratively, where Clearwire agreed to use Google Apps for communication. Such deals ensure that Google will have bottled up a new entrance ramp onto the Internet, which means that Yahoo will be at a competitive disadvantage in the future, especially if Clearwire becomes very popular. So Yahoo itself must begin to strike some forward-looking deals to retain its market-share.

By: Tech Trader Daily - Barron’s Online : Kara Swisher: Get a Move On, Yahoo!

Tech Trader Daily - Barron’s Online : Kara Swisher: Get a Move On, Yahoo! — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:12:56 +0000

[...] In a piece titled (awkwardly) “Yahoo: The parts of its sum?” Wall Street Journal blogger Kara Swisher today asks when Yahoo!’s (YHOO) co-founder and chief executive Jerry Yang will pick up the pace of change at the company, arguing that he needs to rush to implement some of the new features of the Web site that Yang discussed at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show. Swisher says she agrees with Sanford Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay, who says the company needs to take drastic measures, such as cutting staff and outsourcing its search business. Eric blogged Lindsay’s report on Friday, but I thought the interesting part was Swisher’s impatience with the pace of innovation at Yahoo! I, too, had the feeling last week, while sitting in on Yang’s presentation, that the company’s ideas were like a Detroit “concept car” pitch at an auto show, talking up stuff that might never arrive in people’s hands, or take a long time to do so. At any rate, Yahoo!’s shares today are down 4% at $22.72. Permalink | Trackback URL: http://blogs.barrons.com/techt.....trackback/ Save & Share: Share on Facebook | Del.icio.us | Digg this | Email This Post a Comment Name : [...]