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Reuters cites no sources for the "little or no value." It could be made up from whole cloth. "Some people say" isn't journalism. Starboard's own analysts assig
by hapless 11y ago
Reuters cites no sources for the "little or no value." It could be made up from whole cloth. "Some people say" isn't journalism.
Starboard's own analysts assign a value around $2 billion.
- jbob2000 11y agoThat value could just be in assets, like hardware and office space. The Yahoo! product offering is what's worth "little or no value". They have 0 products that are number 1 in any market. They have no vision, no big projects, no R&D, and the only time I hear about Yahoo is when someone is wondering why they're still around.
- Retric 11y agoYahoo! makes actual money. Step away from the meaningless stats and realize being a top 5 global website for the last decade take execution beyond most 'unicorn' startups.
- jbob2000 11y agoSure they make money, but so do chinese knock-offs. That's what Yahoo is, a cheap rip-off of better internet services. They do search, but google is better. They do email, but outlook and gmail is better. They do ads, but facebook and google are better. They do news, but there's no money in that given the ridiculous number of companies in the news space. Seriously, go to yahoo.com and try and figure out what this company is about. It's just a portal with all sorts of links to other garbage. It's a remnant of 90s internet. Yahoo tried to revamp their mail solution a year ago and their users threw a huge fit because "it's different and I don't like change!". That's the only thing keeping them running; a contingent of luddite users. If Yahoo's users leave, they're done. You can't say the same for Google, they're now expanding into automobiles. And Facebook is moving into video games. These are companies with vision and an outlook for the future. Where is that for Yahoo? It's not enough just to make money any more.