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> absolutely no indication that anybody, other than Jesus Christ himself descending from the skies mounted on a Harley Davidson in flames, could have saved Yaho
by BinaryIdiot 10y ago
> absolutely no indication that anybody, other than Jesus Christ himself descending from the skies mounted on a Harley Davidson in flames, could have saved Yahoo.
I mean, Yahoo has essentially failed so there is no way to validate your or my claims, but I disagree very much with this. If Yahoo had focused on its core strengths versus its flipping and flopping between becoming a media company or not, I think it could have become great. They also lost quite a bit of their best talent due to policy changes, work changes, etc.
Honestly I still think there are ways to turn the ship around. It may never become as big as it was before but I see no reason it can't become profitable and stick around for a long time.
- dpark 10y ago> focused on its core strengths What are Yahoo's core strengths? Near as I can tell, its core strength is possession of heaps of Alibaba stock. What core pieces of Yahoo, aside from its Alibaba and Yahoo Japan stock, could be focused on in a way that would make it meaningful as a multi-billion dollar company?
- BinaryIdiot 10y ago- It's still #5 in the Alexa website ranks. That's HUGE. Huge huge huge. - Trumblr is still huge (arguably mismanaged but still huge) - Their fantasy football is the largest in the world as far as I can tell. Huge user base. - Yahoo mail is also huge. Their core strength is their hugely popular front page and their web applications. Sorta similar to Google in a way. Or even Microsoft and some of its properties. Arguably they could focus on these web products and continue making cash though they'd likely need to downsize a bit.
- siddharthdeswal 10y agoWhat were Yahoo's core strengths that MM should have focused on?
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoWebapps, in my opinion. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13403404 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13403404