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Don't understand why Yahoo is in such free fall. It is easy a top 10 website. Ads on the site probably sell for millions. Their content / engineers/tech can't b

Don't understand why Yahoo is in such free fall. It is easy a top 10 website. Ads on the site probably sell for millions. Their content / engineers/tech can't be that expensive. What are they spending all that cash on.

vthallam 11y ago
Problem is they don't just focus on few products/sites, instead they make like random products(eg : livetext) and acquisitions(quite a few which were shutdown later). Focus is the key. Apart from flickr & Tumblr, there is no other product they own is very attractive.
- nerfhammer 11y ago
  So, is the problem just that Yahoo doesn't have a good narrative about itself?
  - sirkneeland 11y ago
    In a narrative-focused discussion like this, yes. Conversations with a different focus might lead to Yahoo's problems with marketing, HR, technology, products, etc.
  - vthallam 11y ago
    Kind of! As a normal guy, i can only speculate. But, it's pretty obvious that they don't have a strong product line. The products like Tumblr,finance,fantasy sports,Flickr are good, but none of them has a monopoly over certain area. Also, the ad network media.net which is in collaboration with bing is no where a hit. Yahoo hires really good engineers(some friends work there), but i guess the people in the management clearly doesn't have a strategic vision.
- htormey 11y ago
  I dont use any yahoo products but I seem ro recall fantasy sports, finance and yahoo mail still being pretty massive. Is that not still the case?
  - vinay427 11y ago
    I for one use Yahoo Finance because it's a nice free choice (not sure if a better alternative exists). Google Finance lags quite a bit (several hours for many mutual funds) and has far fewer plotting features.
- draw_down 11y ago
  I like Tumblr, but Flickr these days is nothing special. It was wonderful and way ahead of all its competitors back in the day, but now the functionality and interface it offers are table stakes. They let it languish for way too long, it should have become what Instagram is.
cpeterso 11y ago
yahoo.com is Alexa Top Site #5 globally and in North America: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/yahoo.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/yahoo.com

vthallam 11y ago

Problem is they don't just focus on few products/sites, instead they make like random products(eg : livetext) and acquisitions(quite a few which were shutdown later). Focus is the key. Apart from flickr & Tumblr, there is no other product they own is very attractive.

nerfhammer 11y ago
So, is the problem just that Yahoo doesn't have a good narrative about itself?
- sirkneeland 11y ago
  In a narrative-focused discussion like this, yes. Conversations with a different focus might lead to Yahoo's problems with marketing, HR, technology, products, etc.
- vthallam 11y ago
  Kind of! As a normal guy, i can only speculate. But, it's pretty obvious that they don't have a strong product line. The products like Tumblr,finance,fantasy sports,Flickr are good, but none of them has a monopoly over certain area. Also, the ad network media.net which is in collaboration with bing is no where a hit. Yahoo hires really good engineers(some friends work there), but i guess the people in the management clearly doesn't have a strategic vision.
htormey 11y ago
I dont use any yahoo products but I seem ro recall fantasy sports, finance and yahoo mail still being pretty massive. Is that not still the case?
- vinay427 11y ago
  I for one use Yahoo Finance because it's a nice free choice (not sure if a better alternative exists). Google Finance lags quite a bit (several hours for many mutual funds) and has far fewer plotting features.
draw_down 11y ago
I like Tumblr, but Flickr these days is nothing special. It was wonderful and way ahead of all its competitors back in the day, but now the functionality and interface it offers are table stakes. They let it languish for way too long, it should have become what Instagram is.

cpeterso 11y ago

yahoo.com is Alexa Top Site #5 globally and in North America: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/yahoo.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/yahoo.com