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It's crazy i am seeing this on HN. I feel Yahoo is all worth for the following reasons: 1) 2 decades old brand name everyone aware of 2) Yahoo! has some good pr
by vthallam 10y ago
It's crazy i am seeing this on HN. I feel Yahoo is all worth for the following reasons:
1) 2 decades old brand name everyone aware of
2) Yahoo! has some good products which is used by tons of people like Flickr, Finance, search(12% market share [0]), weather, media.
They just don't have a mammoth money making one product which subsidizes the rest of the business like Google. Not to mention the tech talent and the culture that Yahoo! brings to Verizon.
If you have any solid argument about why $4 billion is a waste, i would definitely like to hear.
0 : https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Rankings/comScore-Releases-January-2016-US-Desktop-Search-Engine-Rankings https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Rankings/comScore-Releases...
- cmdrfred 10y agoMarket share is irrelevant if you have to run at a loss to obtain it. I can steal all of Netflix and Hulu's market share if you give me a few billion quarterly and don't require that I'm ever profitable, care to invest in me? I'll have an excellent brand as well, everyone loves free TV. The price is pretty low now, if you are confidant in your assement why not buy?
- fnovd 10y agoThe profitability of Yahoo isn't everything. Verizon can just buy it as a loss leader in order to convert more users to their profitable products. The value of Yahoo to them is more than numbers on a spreadsheet. It isn't as simple as just buying a revenue stream.