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> they have a lot of great products They do?

monknomo 11y ago
I'd be interested in hearing what other people think of as Yahoo's great products. I personally like Tumblr, but I'm having a hard time thinking of another Yahoo thing I like/use
- thenomad 11y ago
  Flickr springs to mind. Still the default choice for a lot of serious photographers.
  - trymas 11y ago
    TL;DR: just a rant, about that flickr feels to be plateaued and better options are rising, even though it's still rather good platform to keep and share your photos. Flickr is great (with its 1TB of storage), though I recently tried to join '500px', since then flickr looks like desert with tumbleweed. It's a bit of exaggeration, though 500px is way more exciting, your photos are more easily shown to the public. People are encouraged to rate each other, etc. Also it has a marketplace. All in all 500px let's to improve my photography, whereas in flickr 90% people who've seen my photos are people, to who I've shown them. Also flickr's home page have the same set of pictures on carousel for weeks, where in 500px it's always fresh.
    - thenomad 11y ago
      Interesting - I'd not heard of 500px. Will check it out: my primary concern with Flickr has always been that it doesn't really enable discovery.
bluedino 11y ago
Mail, Flickr, Rivals, Tumblr, Finance, Fantasy Sports...
- tempestn 11y ago
  Another vote for finance. It may just be familiarity, but I still prefer it to Google finance. YQL can also be handy for some things. Yahoo site search "BOSS" was actually quite good too, but apparently was just discontinued (although apparently they have an alternative).
joslin01 11y ago
Their fantasy sports is probably the best. Sure ESPN exists, but Yahoo has dominated that market for some time.
sjs382 11y ago
Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Fantasy Sports, Flickr are all great. Yahoo Sports has some of the best NBA and NHL writers in the business.
CydeWeys 11y ago
Yahoo Finance and Fantasy Sports are pretty darn good, widely used, and have good reputations. I'm sure there would be no shortage of suitors if they were sold off as independent verticals.

I'd be interested in hearing what other people think of as Yahoo's great products. I personally like Tumblr, but I'm having a hard time thinking of another Yahoo thing I like/use

thenomad 11y ago
Flickr springs to mind. Still the default choice for a lot of serious photographers.
- trymas 11y ago
  TL;DR: just a rant, about that flickr feels to be plateaued and better options are rising, even though it's still rather good platform to keep and share your photos. Flickr is great (with its 1TB of storage), though I recently tried to join '500px', since then flickr looks like desert with tumbleweed. It's a bit of exaggeration, though 500px is way more exciting, your photos are more easily shown to the public. People are encouraged to rate each other, etc. Also it has a marketplace. All in all 500px let's to improve my photography, whereas in flickr 90% people who've seen my photos are people, to who I've shown them. Also flickr's home page have the same set of pictures on carousel for weeks, where in 500px it's always fresh.
  - thenomad 11y ago
    Interesting - I'd not heard of 500px. Will check it out: my primary concern with Flickr has always been that it doesn't really enable discovery.

bluedino 11y ago

Mail, Flickr, Rivals, Tumblr, Finance, Fantasy Sports...

tempestn 11y ago
Another vote for finance. It may just be familiarity, but I still prefer it to Google finance. YQL can also be handy for some things. Yahoo site search "BOSS" was actually quite good too, but apparently was just discontinued (although apparently they have an alternative).

joslin01 11y ago

Their fantasy sports is probably the best. Sure ESPN exists, but Yahoo has dominated that market for some time.

sjs382 11y ago

Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Fantasy Sports, Flickr are all great. Yahoo Sports has some of the best NBA and NHL writers in the business.

CydeWeys 11y ago

Yahoo Finance and Fantasy Sports are pretty darn good, widely used, and have good reputations. I'm sure there would be no shortage of suitors if they were sold off as independent verticals.