Actually, I don't know if she's overrated or not, but she inherited a huge mess in many ways. The biggest mess is the deal Yahoo! did with Microsoft effectively

Actually, I don't know if she's overrated or not, but she inherited a huge mess in many ways. The biggest mess is the deal Yahoo! did with Microsoft effectively kneecapped Yahoo's potential growth for something like a decade. Yahoo no longer controls their own destiny in search or search advertising. Yahoo had a better search advertising system (I was a customer) and probably a better search engine at the time. I'm sure she would be the first person to want to invest in search and search advertising, but Yahoo basically can't do any of that in a meaningful way unless they can get out of their underperforming Microsoft contract. Just remember that the benchmark for a CEO is not if they are doing a good job. It's if they are doing a better job than someone else would do in the same role. It's like NFL QB's. There's a small pool, so being good doesn't mean you get to keep the job if someone else thinks you should be doing GREAT. By that measure Marissa has done a pretty great job in areas that the previous revolving door CEO's didn't. Hell, the fact that Yahoo! is even part of the tech scene discussion is an improvement.