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"Try it before you buy it." Yahoo has something that Google wants: traffic. However Google probably has doubts about the health of Yahoo as most people do. So h
by spaghetti 14y ago
"Try it before you buy it." Yahoo has something that Google wants: traffic. However Google probably has doubts about the health of Yahoo as most people do. So have a friend learn about the company inside and out and then make a decision: buy the company if it looks good or don't buy it of you find out it truly is thoroughly rotten inside.
- jroseattle 14y agoIf they wanted the traffic, what would it matter if Yahoo was rotten to the core? Just buy it, take the traffic, and dismiss the bad seeds. I don't think this is a mole planted by Google, there are plenty of other ways to figure out what's going on there besides proactively having one of your best performers leave the company. I'm speculating, but reasonably certain Mayer went there because she was already thinking of leaving Google, after being shut out of Page's executive inner circle. Reading between the lines (and based on input of two friends who have worked with her), it wouldn't be off base to think she's going to try to outgun Google simply to prove a point -- that they shouldn't have passed her up for promotion. Should be interesting to watch, because I think she's motivated well beyond financial considerations -- this is about payback.
- spaghetti 14y agoIf it's really about competition or payback then this will be amazing to watch! Valleywag probably just opened a few reqs.