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Are there any Yahoo acquisitions that haven't been complete disasters?

by pstuart 12y ago

scott_karana 12y ago
Flickr and Tumblr haven't been disasters (yet) for users, at least... :)
- ceejayoz 12y ago
  Flickr stagnated for nearly a decade post-acquisition.
  - dcole2929 12y ago
    it's ironic because technically Yahoo and their acquisitions are sound. Flickr is still one of the best looking photo sites around, and from what I hear from my Photography friends performs like a champ. Tumblr likewise is a good technological investment. I think the failure has been turning good technology into money, which is where a lot of companies fail. The beauty of Flickr and Tumblr are ruined as soon as you start heaping crap tons of banner ads on every page. But that said you still have to find a way to generate revenue from those investments.
- yuhong 12y ago
  Tumblr was acquired after Marissa Mayer became CEO and one of her goals was to improve acquisitions.
albertwang 12y ago
brightroll
rokhayakebe 12y ago
What are the complete disasters and how did you come to the conclusion that they weren't worth the price they paid? Genuinely curious.
- nullrouted 12y ago
  Broadcast.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com Made Mark Cuban some money but it never turned a profit for Yahoo and they don't have anything in that space anymore. You can look at the entire list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Yahoo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisition...! A couple of others that stand out: GeoCities, Zimbra (Yahoo bought it for $350 Mil, sold it to VMware for less who sold it down the road as well), etc.
  - kenrikm 12y ago
    Well not all the acquisitions were bad.. ViaWeb ;-)
  - shenoyroopesh 12y ago
    Flurry. Another acquisition that continues to lose money.
rdl 12y ago
Overture. Which was kind of like "PayPal buying eBay" in terms of Yahoo!'s core business, but didn't go far enough.
- gcb0 12y ago
  overture succeed in it made google buy much larger , i.e. more expensive when summed, competitors overseas to keep up :D
vidoc 12y ago
The acquisition of broadcast.com for 5.7B. That's an expensive domain name but the redirect works :P
- coralreef 12y ago
  Mostly paid in stock

Are there any Yahoo acquisitions that haven't been complete disasters?

by pstuart 12y ago

Are there any Yahoo acquisitions that haven't been complete disasters?

scott_karana 12y ago

Flickr and Tumblr haven't been disasters (yet) for users, at least... :)

ceejayoz 12y ago
Flickr stagnated for nearly a decade post-acquisition.
- dcole2929 12y ago
  it's ironic because technically Yahoo and their acquisitions are sound. Flickr is still one of the best looking photo sites around, and from what I hear from my Photography friends performs like a champ. Tumblr likewise is a good technological investment. I think the failure has been turning good technology into money, which is where a lot of companies fail. The beauty of Flickr and Tumblr are ruined as soon as you start heaping crap tons of banner ads on every page. But that said you still have to find a way to generate revenue from those investments.
yuhong 12y ago
Tumblr was acquired after Marissa Mayer became CEO and one of her goals was to improve acquisitions.

albertwang 12y ago

brightroll

rokhayakebe 12y ago

What are the complete disasters and how did you come to the conclusion that they weren't worth the price they paid? Genuinely curious.

nullrouted 12y ago
Broadcast.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com Made Mark Cuban some money but it never turned a profit for Yahoo and they don't have anything in that space anymore. You can look at the entire list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Yahoo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisition...! A couple of others that stand out: GeoCities, Zimbra (Yahoo bought it for $350 Mil, sold it to VMware for less who sold it down the road as well), etc.
- kenrikm 12y ago
  Well not all the acquisitions were bad.. ViaWeb ;-)
- shenoyroopesh 12y ago
  Flurry. Another acquisition that continues to lose money.

rdl 12y ago

Overture. Which was kind of like "PayPal buying eBay" in terms of Yahoo!'s core business, but didn't go far enough.

gcb0 12y ago
overture succeed in it made google buy much larger , i.e. more expensive when summed, competitors overseas to keep up :D

vidoc 12y ago

The acquisition of broadcast.com for 5.7B. That's an expensive domain name but the redirect works :P

coralreef 12y ago
Mostly paid in stock