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Did you not read the last paragraph? > For a company that sees quarterly revenues of over a billion dollars, that’s not a big deal, but it definitely can’t hur

• jimueller 13y ago
  The statement is presented as a fact in the article, yet as even the author admits it is probably not true. So I would agree it is amateur journalism.
  • smackfu 13y ago
    There's a world of difference between: "The company has simply decided..." and "The company has probably decided..."
  • jonnathanson 13y ago
    Tying the sale of these domains to Yahoo's quarterly revenues -- even bringing them up in the same sentence -- is the wrong context in which to discuss them in the first place. Even if Yahoo raises a million dollars from this sale, it'll have no material impact on the bottom line. That said, there are other factors at play in a move like this: 1) PR value (it got the attention of the tech press, after all); 2) the sale of nonproductive assets for any sum greater than $0 isn't necessarily a bad thing. Even if it has no measurable effect on the quarterly results. If I own a broken appliance that I lack the time, financial interest, or skill to fix -- but I can sell it to someone who can make use of it for a few bucks -- I might as well sell it. It won't make a dent in my yearly income, but it'll be better than holding onto the useless (to me) asset.