Comments on: Maybe Don’t Count Yahoo! Out Just Yet

By: MauiMan2

MauiMan2 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:22:04 +0000

“I like all of Google’s products and use most of them over any other similar services”

And almost everything they’ve ever done has been a copy of some other company’s already existing service. Sometimes they make incremental improvements to it and sometimes they don’t. And even when all they do is copy they still get credit for the original creation. Kinda strange.

By: Tyssen

Tyssen — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:45:23 +0000

24 Ways just published an article on how to use BOSS to create your own site search.

By: Hierophant

Hierophant — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:21:11 +0000

It isn’t really the search share race they should be worried about. It is how to monetize those search results and get their advertising share up. Will Yahoo! be around in 2010? Probably as the brand name has recognition but it probably won’t be the same company it is now. Someone will end up infusing the company through a stockholder buyout. What people should be looking at is what assets it will shed through sales or department elimination when that happens.

If they can convince Icahn to stay with the company for the long haul they might be able to fend off the wolves like Microsoft and News Corp. long enough to regain their lost market equity. Hopefully they don’t try to enter into any stupid deals like the AOL purchase that was discussed earlier this year.

By: Possibility

Possibility — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:20:32 +0000

I’m a big Google fan, I like all of their products and use most of them over any other similar services, but I agree with WebKarnage – it will be good for all of us if Yahoo does well. It is common knowledge that competition is good for the users/consumers, and that it breeds innovation. Although Google has not shown any signs of turning into a Microsoft-like corporation (i.e. blissfully ignorant or just doesn’t care about innovation and user experience), it’s best to keep them on their feet.

By: WebKarnage

WebKarnage — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:19:24 +0000

It looks promising, and it will be god for us all if Yahoo do well. One company getting huge market share tends to breed arrogance and complacency, just look how much bigger Microsoft were than Google 6 or 7 years ago, but their arrogance meant they missed all the big chances since.

Electronic Arts and Google (to name but 2) now swamp Microsoft for growth and turnover, when they could have been bought out relatively easily by them back then.

Google need to be pushed to keep things moving forward at the best pace for us all.