Comments on: Yahoo Search Suffers Another Blow, as Key Engineer Departs for Microsoft

By: Former Yahoo Tech Star Qi Lu Likely To Be Named Microsoft’s Digital Head By Next Week | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:00:29 +0000

[...] already grabbed another top Yahoo search exec, Sean Suchter [...]

By: It’s Official: Yahoo Search Exec Suchter to Microsoft | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:45:17 +0000

[...] Yesterday, BoomTown reported, based on sources, that Yahoo search exec Sean Suchter was headed to Microsoft. [...]

By: BoomTown Pick for Microsoft Digital Head: Qi Lu (Yes, the Former Yahoo Search Guru) | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:07:26 +0000

[...] Ballmer manages to pull off the hire of Lu–on the heels of already grabbing another top Yahoo search exec, Sean Suchter, which I reported on yesterday–the aggressive exec could almost be bypassing a Yahoo search [...]

By: Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:16:50 +0000

Block that train and bag metaphor!

But you make a good point.

By: Sam Harrison

Sam Harrison — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:26:45 +0000

yahoo search has never been good, so what does microsoft gain here?

all this talk about yahoo and microsoft… come on, no matter what these two companies do in search and web it won’t dent their also-ran position.

nothing they can do, even hiring obama, can save either one from being second-string players in the web industry

they’ve each had 14 years to “get it right” and they’ve failed

it’s over for microsoft online and yahoo — they are both now just watchers in the world of the web and where it’s going

the train done left the station and they are not even holding the bags