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I'm sorry, but that's a load of pretentious BS. Y! Finance has all the same data and has 15x the traffic of Google Finance, for good reason. Source: http://247

by drgath 13y ago

I'm sorry, but that's a load of pretentious BS. Y! Finance has all the same data and has 15x the traffic of Google Finance, for good reason. Source: http://247wallst.com/2012/04/24/will-google-dump-google-finance/ http://247wallst.com/2012/04/24/will-google-dump-google-fina...

wilfra 13y ago
Your 247wallst.com source aside, I stand by what I said. Go to any online community related to investing, trading or the stock market and you'll find nearly all of the people who know what they are doing prefer G Finance to Y Finance - other than for news and infotainment, where Yahoo does a much better job. If your traffic figures are accurate, that only goes to show you how many unsophisticated market participants there are.
- drgath 13y ago
  > Go to any online community related to investing Such as blogs dedicated to investing, like 247wallst.com, analyzing data from comScore? Here's another investment blog discussing which one is "better" (see comments), http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/ http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google... Do all the day traders in the Y! Finance message boards qualify as a "online community related to investing"? Do you think they prefer Google Finance? Probably not. Here's a relevant Quora discussion, "Why did Google Finance never overtake Yahoo! Finance?" http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Google-Finance-never-overtake-Yahoo!-Finance http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Google-Finance-never-overtake-Y... I'm not saying Google Finance doesn't have value, I'm just saying the burden of proof is against you since everything out there points to the opposite of your statement. I'll close with this NYT article that argues Yahoo dominates Google in Finance products, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/business/23digi.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/business/23digi.html?_r=0
  - wilfra 13y ago
    As one of the people said on Quora the daytraders are there for the forums and they stay for that reason. If HN started trying to compete with Netflix and I kept coming here, that wouldn't mean HN's streaming videos were superior to Netflix.
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by drgath 13y ago

wilfra 13y ago

Your 247wallst.com source aside, I stand by what I said. Go to any online community related to investing, trading or the stock market and you'll find nearly all of the people who know what they are doing prefer G Finance to Y Finance - other than for news and infotainment, where Yahoo does a much better job. If your traffic figures are accurate, that only goes to show you how many unsophisticated market participants there are.

drgath 13y ago
> Go to any online community related to investing Such as blogs dedicated to investing, like 247wallst.com, analyzing data from comScore? Here's another investment blog discussing which one is "better" (see comments), http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/ http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google... Do all the day traders in the Y! Finance message boards qualify as a "online community related to investing"? Do you think they prefer Google Finance? Probably not. Here's a relevant Quora discussion, "Why did Google Finance never overtake Yahoo! Finance?" http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Google-Finance-never-overtake-Yahoo!-Finance http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Google-Finance-never-overtake-Y... I'm not saying Google Finance doesn't have value, I'm just saying the burden of proof is against you since everything out there points to the opposite of your statement. I'll close with this NYT article that argues Yahoo dominates Google in Finance products, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/business/23digi.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/business/23digi.html?_r=0
- wilfra 13y ago
  As one of the people said on Quora the daytraders are there for the forums and they stay for that reason. If HN started trying to compete with Netflix and I kept coming here, that wouldn't mean HN's streaming videos were superior to Netflix.
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