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I don't say this to be snarky, but I will say that this post about yahoo is a link to yahoo's press release portal aggregating third party press releases kind o

by riordan 15y ago

I don't say this to be snarky, but I will say that this post about yahoo is a link to yahoo's press release portal aggregating third party press releases kind of indicates where they're going. Yahoo News is still the top news site. Yahoo business/finance is still among the strongest financial properties. The good news is that Yahoo's not going anywhere. The bad news is they're not going anywhere.

Isofarro 15y ago
Yahoo have always been into aggregating other news stories into a Yahoo News site (from day one when they syndicated Reuters). Including press releases. It's where they've always been, rather than where they are going.
kristianc 15y ago
Really? Top three stories on Yahoo News UK right now are "Driver survives 200ft truck plunge", "Labrador 'adopts' abandoned duckling" and "Flying car cleared for takeoff" [1] By what metric exactly is Yahoo News still the top news site? [1] http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ http://uk.news.yahoo.com/
- hyperbovine 15y ago
  http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/news-websites http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/news-websites Take your pick.
- byrneseyeview 15y ago
  By what metric exactly is Yahoo News still the top news site? ComScore. Yahoo gets an enormous amount of traffic: Alexa also considers Yahoo as a whole the #4 site (behind Google, Facebook, and Yahoo). And Y recently hired a White House correspondent (http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-hires-first-white-house-correspondent-150334586.html http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-hires-first-white-house-correspo...) and has made some other fun hires in the reporting space. My friends who work in tech don't visit Yahoo. But my extended family in the Midwest sure does! Full disclosure: I work at Y, but definitely don't speak for Y. If you have ComScore access, you can double-check the "#1" stat I cited.
  - ojbyrne 15y ago
    "Alexa also considers Yahoo as a whole the #4 site (behind Google, Facebook, and Yahoo)" From looking at Alexa, I believe your second "Yahoo" should have been "YouTube."
    - byrneseyeview 15y ago
      You're right. The "edit" button has expired.
- veguss 15y ago
  I think the news is personalized :)

by riordan 15y ago

Isofarro 15y ago

Yahoo have always been into aggregating other news stories into a Yahoo News site (from day one when they syndicated Reuters). Including press releases. It's where they've always been, rather than where they are going.

kristianc 15y ago

Really? Top three stories on Yahoo News UK right now are "Driver survives 200ft truck plunge", "Labrador 'adopts' abandoned duckling" and "Flying car cleared for takeoff" [1] By what metric exactly is Yahoo News still the top news site? [1] http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ http://uk.news.yahoo.com/

hyperbovine 15y ago
http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/news-websites http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/news-websites Take your pick.
byrneseyeview 15y ago
By what metric exactly is Yahoo News still the top news site? ComScore. Yahoo gets an enormous amount of traffic: Alexa also considers Yahoo as a whole the #4 site (behind Google, Facebook, and Yahoo). And Y recently hired a White House correspondent (http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-hires-first-white-house-correspondent-150334586.html http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-hires-first-white-house-correspo...) and has made some other fun hires in the reporting space. My friends who work in tech don't visit Yahoo. But my extended family in the Midwest sure does! Full disclosure: I work at Y, but definitely don't speak for Y. If you have ComScore access, you can double-check the "#1" stat I cited.
- ojbyrne 15y ago
  "Alexa also considers Yahoo as a whole the #4 site (behind Google, Facebook, and Yahoo)" From looking at Alexa, I believe your second "Yahoo" should have been "YouTube."
  - byrneseyeview 15y ago
    You're right. The "edit" button has expired.
veguss 15y ago
I think the news is personalized :)