Comments on: Yahoo quits? http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:20:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Yahoo management talking like search quitters again, please no more » Make You Go Hmm http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-593279 Yahoo management talking like search quitters again, please no more » Make You Go Hmm Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:03:46 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-593279 [...] might be a good time for another “Are You kidding” post that Yahoo! isn’t quitting search. Yahoo’s biggest problem isn’t the search engine past, present or future, it remains [...] […] might be a good time for another “Are You kidding” post that Yahoo! isn’t quitting search. Yahoo’s biggest problem isn’t the search engine past, present or future, it remains […]

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-433347 TDavid Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:46:10 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-433347 I fixed that spammer who was using an extra http:// in their URl to sneak through the trackback filters. Sorry about that Paul if that slipped through to you. That won't happen again. BTW, I still have my Yahoo stock over a year later :) Must admit I've thought about selling it a few more times in the last year but have held tight. The coolest thing they've done in the last year? Yahoo Pipes. I fixed that spammer who was using an extra http:// in their URl to sneak through the trackback filters. Sorry about that Paul if that slipped through to you. That won’t happen again.

BTW, I still have my Yahoo stock over a year later :) Must admit I’ve thought about selling it a few more times in the last year but have held tight.

The coolest thing they’ve done in the last year? Yahoo Pipes.

]]> By: 10 reasons Microsoft will *not* acquire Yahoo in 2007, one reason they might » Make You Go Hmm http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-366510 10 reasons Microsoft will *not* acquire Yahoo in 2007, one reason they might » Make You Go Hmm Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:39:58 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-366510 [...] Yahoo management also has admitted — and then later retracted — that they were satisfied not being #1 in search. Add to that trying to incentify people to use their search and Yahoo search tastes like a rainbow soda. Ever had one of those? It’s where you mix a little bit of each soda into a single drink. [...] […] Yahoo management also has admitted — and then later retracted — that they were satisfied not being #1 in search. Add to that trying to incentify people to use their search and Yahoo search tastes like a rainbow soda. Ever had one of those? It’s where you mix a little bit of each soda into a single drink. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » MSN Search and Win incentives already gamed http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-53888 Make You Go Hmm: » MSN Search and Win incentives already gamed Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:42:22 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-53888 [...] He is correct that I’m cynical of the situation and it wasn’t accidental that I used the word “incentive plan” and not “customer loyalty” when describing the situation. Also, the chronology of events leading up to their incentives plan announcement was completely ignored in Jeremy’s rebuttal. I don’t fault him for not touching that stick of dynamite, but Jeremy is a smart guy — one I genuinely enjoy reading — and by switching the wording and deflecting the conversation from the timing of the preceding events is something even Houdini would have been proud of. [...] […] He is correct that I’m cynical of the situation and it wasn’t accidental that I used the word “incentive plan” and not “customer loyalty” when describing the situation. Also, the chronology of events leading up to their incentives plan announcement was completely ignored in Jeremy’s rebuttal. I don’t fault him for not touching that stick of dynamite, but Jeremy is a smart guy — one I genuinely enjoy reading — and by switching the wording and deflecting the conversation from the timing of the preceding events is something even Houdini would have been proud of. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Incentives won’t make Yahoo or MSN #1 search http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-53129 Make You Go Hmm: » Incentives won’t make Yahoo or MSN #1 search Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:48:26 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-53129 [...] On the heels of saying they were not going to focus on being #1 search and then taking that back, Yahoo is now flirting around with an incentive plan for users who switch to their search. What a cliche this “incentives to do XYZ thing” is and for them it’s a sign of desperation to me. It’s one thing to start a new program and have incentives, but trying to incent people to switch to an existing product is problematic on a number of levels. [...] […] On the heels of saying they were not going to focus on being #1 search and then taking that back, Yahoo is now flirting around with an incentive plan for users who switch to their search. What a cliche this “incentives to do XYZ thing” is and for them it’s a sign of desperation to me. It’s one thing to start a new program and have incentives, but trying to incent people to switch to an existing product is problematic on a number of levels. […]

]]> By: The Social Customer Manifesto http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-52740 The Social Customer Manifesto Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:50:11 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-52740 <strong>The Social Customer Manifesto Podcast 3FEB2006</strong> click here to subscribe Summary: Leif Chastaine and Christopher Carfi discuss Yahoo's strategy, Google's censorship, the remix culture and customer "co-creation" of products, the American Marketing Association's "Ahead of the Curve" session in S... The Social Customer Manifesto Podcast 3FEB2006

click here to subscribe Summary: Leif Chastaine and Christopher Carfi discuss Yahoo’s strategy, Google’s censorship, the remix culture and customer “co-creation” of products, the American Marketing Association’s “Ahead of the Curve” session in S…

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-51756 TDavid Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:24:35 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-51756 Hi Paul - I am not selling the Yahoo shares, I am just not planning on buying any more at least for a little while. I was going to let Semel's comments pass by, but add Decker to the mix and that's enough for me to say no mas. Hi Paul - I am not selling the Yahoo shares, I am just not planning on buying any more at least for a little while. I was going to let Semel’s comments pass by, but add Decker to the mix and that’s enough for me to say no mas.

]]> By: Paul Benjamin http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-51755 Paul Benjamin Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:51:14 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-51755 I hope that you don't think that I am picking a fight but.... At what point do you think it is fair to quit wasting your shareholders money on something that you have no hope in winning? Yes Yahoo! is in search but they are in a lot of other businesses also. Not all of them under the Yahoo! name. There is a limited amount of money in any business and there comes a time to pick your battles. Yahoo! put up a good fight, they lost. They know it. It isn't fair to their shareholders to waste money in this battle. The new Yahoo! mail has gotten great reviews from most who have seen it (I haven't). They are actually starting to pay reporters to create original content for their news site. They are doing interesting things, some in direct competition with Google. They haven't given up they have just stopped wasting money on what they are not as good at as Google. Don't sell all your Yahoo! shares. I have a feeling that they will be around a long time. Too bad I don't have any Yahoo! stock, investing my time and money elsewhere. I hope that you don’t think that I am picking a fight but….

At what point do you think it is fair to quit wasting your shareholders money on something that you have no hope in winning? Yes Yahoo! is in search but they are in a lot of other businesses also. Not all of them under the Yahoo! name. There is a limited amount of money in any business and there comes a time to pick your battles.

Yahoo! put up a good fight, they lost. They know it. It isn’t fair to their shareholders to waste money in this battle. The new Yahoo! mail has gotten great reviews from most who have seen it (I haven’t). They are actually starting to pay reporters to create original content for their news site. They are doing interesting things, some in direct competition with Google. They haven’t given up they have just stopped wasting money on what they are not as good at as Google.

Don’t sell all your Yahoo! shares. I have a feeling that they will be around a long time. Too bad I don’t have any Yahoo! stock, investing my time and money elsewhere.

]]> By: The Intuitive Life Business Blog http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-51753 The Intuitive Life Business Blog Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:41:46 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060124/2876/#comment-51753 <strong>What do Yahoo, Apple and Ferrari have in common?</strong> The blogosphere is abuzz about the quote from Yahoo's CFO Susan Decker to Bloomberg News (as run in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer) about Yahoo! search and Google. First, here's her exact quote: "We don't think it's reasonable to assume we're goi... What do Yahoo, Apple and Ferrari have in common?

The blogosphere is abuzz about the quote from Yahoo’s CFO Susan Decker to Bloomberg News (as run in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer) about Yahoo! search and Google. First, here’s her exact quote: “We don’t think it’s reasonable to assume we’re goi…

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