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That didn't work out so well for Google, and they were in a lot better position to make it work than Yahoo is.
by seanp2k2 11y ago
That didn't work out so well for Google, and they were in a lot better position to make it work than Yahoo is.
- TrevorJ 11y agoI'm not saying I agree with that move from a moral standpoint, but I'd bet money that Yahoo has a better chance of making it work. The demographics are different, there were enough tech-savvy people who understood Google's business model well enough to realize that co-opting people into a social network was going to give Google a scary amount of information. Yahoo isn't the behemoth that Google is, and I'm not sure that their audience is made up of people who understand that business model intimately enough to see the dangers.
- jacquesm 11y agoGoogle never was 'social' in any way shape or form, Yahoo at least always was a portal and social has been a function in many portals historically speaking. Whether they could make it work is a different matter altogether, critical mass is a hard thing to force but Yahoo seems to be in a position to do at least that. Even so, I highly doubt anybody would anchor their little home on the web to a sinking ship. It's a bit late now. Right after Mayer took over they might have had a shot at a move like that.