Perhaps the crux of the issue are the problems PG observed at Yahoo! over a decade ago are still an issue today. As long as PG's observations hold true I think

Perhaps the crux of the issue are the problems PG observed at Yahoo! over a decade ago are still an issue today. As long as PG's observations hold true I think Y! will have a difficult time turning itself around. PG's canonical article about Y!: http://www.paulgraham.com/yahoo.html http://www.paulgraham.com/yahoo.html