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Whenever I hear something negative about Yahoo, I feel really sorry for them. Yahoo used to be a great company a few years back. Their messenger was one of the
by neya 14y ago
Whenever I hear something negative about Yahoo, I feel really sorry for them. Yahoo used to be a great company a few years back. Their messenger was one of the best products they ever had, their mail used to be REALLY good (in the early days). But soon, they failed to adapt with the market's needs and they are now here where they are. They COULD have been a great company if they had put in as much effort as their competitors had put in, in understanding their market.
The best example was about how they failed to respond to Gmail's popularity. Gmail gave almost every single feature away for free, that Yahoo charged (and still charges?) a premium for. For example - Mail forwarding, (POP, IMAP too?) and so on. I personally used to have a .co.uk address with them and eventually moved to Gmail because their ads were into my face, unlike Gmail's, where they are very subtle.
Also the UX on most Yahoo's sites are terribly poor. Ever visited their homepage? Looks like a cluttered fish market.
- csmatt 14y agoBad UX killed Yahoo. Intrusive, animated advertisements and a cluttered home page are how I will always remember them. I often joke about how I test Internet connections by going to yahoo.com in the browser since no one goes there anymore and I won't be deceived by cache :P
- neya 14y agoHaha! I like the 'internet-testing' part :D
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoIn the US, perhaps. The "cluttered homepage" design is popular in Japan.
- jpatokal 14y agoIt's not quite that simple: http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/15/japanese-web-design-why-you-so-2003/ http://www.tofugu.com/2012/05/15/japanese-web-design-why-you...
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoThanks for that, that was quite enlightening.
- sp332 14y agoYahoo isn't dead, they've been profitable. And their stock is up lately. https://www.google.com/finance?q=yahoo https://www.google.com/finance?q=yahoo
- Sami_Lehtinen 14y agoYet you preferred Google Finance over Yahoo Finance?