09-11-2008, 03:28 PM
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Yahoo: we?ve failed, buy us
In what is tantamount to an admission of failure, Yahoo is now inviting Microsoft to buy company and its assets:“To this day the best thing for Microsoft to do is buy Yahoo,” said [Jerry] Yang.“I don’t think that is a bad idea at all, at the right price whatever that price is. We’re willing to [...]
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09-11-2008, 09:31 PM
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Re: Yahoo: we?ve failed, buy us
Well, when Microsoft offered $33 per share, Yahoo said they were worth $40+ per share.
At the time Yahoo were trading at $20 a share - now they are at $12. So Yahoo is losing value fast. To be honest, Jerry Yang seems to have put a lot of faith into the Yahoo-Google tie-up, but Google pulled-out due to regulator concern. I think Yahoo's approach to business management is still too much based on getting things done - they should seriously consider hiring a big shot CEO from another big visionary tech company which understands the web. The number of web properties that Yahoo has is amazing - but it is very unco-ordinated, and the failure to roll out Yahoo Publisher Network ads globally - and leave it like that for the past few years - gives the impression of a company that gives up before it finishes a project. I'm sure I could do a much better job of managing Yahoo that the current management. 
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20-11-2008, 05:07 PM
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Re: Yahoo: we?ve failed, buy us
Poor Yahoo!. One of the oldest standing SE's should surely have more worth than that
 Seems like it may be too late for a managerial face-lift or investment help...Silver lining anyone?
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24-12-2008, 01:29 PM
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Re: Yahoo: we?ve failed, buy us
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25-12-2008, 12:03 AM
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Re: Yahoo: we?ve failed, buy us
I've got a problem with Microsoft buying out Yahoo, the main reason being is that it seems like a waste of money, I'd much prefer Yahoo! to just liquidise, because compared to Google, there really is no competition, I don't know a single person who uses alternatives to Google, they've got the market sorted.
The only good think about the purchase would be the market share aspect.
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25-12-2008, 08:27 PM
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Re: Yahoo: we?ve failed, buy us
How come when Google can do absolutely everything, literally. It has software that can organise photos, view the earth from sattelite, write Documents, analyse website hits etc. It's ridiculous.
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26-12-2008, 01:50 PM
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Re: Yahoo: we?ve failed, buy us
Okay then, I just personally believe that when you've got a unified system, everything is a lot easier to keep track of. My home page, my email, my analytics, my sitemaps, videos, images... EVERYTHING. Is on Google, and it's really easy to keep track of, to just go to Google.com/accounts/ and control absolutely everything that you need from there.
The best thing about Yahoo is Flickr, and I wouldn't be surprised if that was their main source of income somehow.
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